Shia Islamic beliefs and practices

The beliefs and practices of Twelver Shia Islam are categorised into:

* Theology or Roots of the Religion \- five beliefs
* Ancillaries of the Faith or Branches of the Religion \- ten practices

## Theological principles

* Tawhid \- the Oneness of God
* Adl "divine justice"
* Nubuwwah "prophethood"
* Imamate "leadership of Mankind"
* Mi'ad "Resurrection" of the dead

## The Ancillaries of the Faith

Main page: Religion:Ancillaries of the Faith

* Salat "ritual prayer"
* Sawm "Fasting" during the month of Ramadan
* Hajj "pilgrimage" to Mecca
* Zakāt - charitable giving
* Khums \- a "Fifth" of specific kinds of income given to charity
* Jihad "struggle"
* Commanding right and forbidding wrong
* Forbidding what is evil
* Tawalla \- love of faith and the chosen of God
* Tabarra - disassociation from enemies of the faith and God's chosen.

## See also

* Principles of Shia Islam jurisprudence

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