Shia Islamic beliefs and practices

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Shia Islam

Beliefs and practices

* Monotheism
* Holy Books
* Prophethood
* Succession to Muhammad
* Imamate
* Angels
* Judgment Day
* Mourning of Muharram
* Intercession
* Clergy
* The Four Companions
* Arba'een Pilgrimage

Holy days

* Ashura
* Arba'een
* Mawlid
* Eid al-Fitr
* Eid al-Adha
* Eid al-Ghadir

History

* Verse of Purification
* Two things
* Mubahala
* Khumm
* Fatimah's house
* First Fitna
* Second Fitna
* Battle of Karbala

Branches of Shi‘i Islam

* Twelvers
* Ja'faris
* Akhbari
* Shaykhi
* Usuli
* Bātīnī
* Alevism
* Bektashism
* Ghulat
* Alawites
* Hurufism
* Alians
* Qizilbash
* Ismāʿīlī
* Musta‘lī
* Tayyibi
* Alavi
* Dawoodi
* Sulaymani
* Hafizi
* Nizari
* Satpanth
* Pamiri
* Zaydi Shia
* Other extinct Shia sects

Ahl al-Kisa

* Muhammad
* Ali
* Fatimah
* Hasan
* Husayn

Holy women

* Fatimah
* Khadija bint Khuwaylid
* Umm Salama
* Zaynab bint Ali
* Umm Kulthum bint Ali
* Umm ul-Banin
* Fatimah bint Hasan
* Sukayna bint Husayn
* Rubab
* Shahrbanu
* Fatimah bint Musa
* Hakimah Khātūn
* Narjis
* Fatimah bint Asad
* Umm Farwah bint al-Qasim
* Sayyida Ruqayya bint Ali
* Sayyida Nafisa

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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

## Contents

* 1 Theological principles
* 2 The Ancillaries of the Faith
* 3 See also
* 4 References

## Theological principles

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

## The Ancillaries of the Faith

Main article: Religion:Ancillaries of the Faith

* Salat "ritual prayer"[1]
* Sawm "Fasting" during the month of Ramadan[1]
* Hajj "pilgrimage" to Mecca[1]
* Zakāt - charitable giving[1]
* 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

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Armanios, Febe (23 February 2004). "CRS Report for Congress:Islam: Sunnis and Shiites". https://www2.law.umaryland.edu/marshall/crsreports/crsdocuments/RS2174501232004.pdf.

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