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Imam (/
ɪˈmɑːm/; Arabic: إمام,
imām; pl.: أئمة, a'immah) is an
Islamic leadership position. For **** Muslims,
Imam is most
commonly used as the
title of...
- The
Twelve Imams (Arabic: ٱلْأَئِمَّة ٱلْٱثْنَا عَشَر, al-ʾAʾimmah al-ʾIthnā ʿAšar; Persian: دوازده امام, Davâzdah Emâm) are the
spiritual and political...
- says that
Imams possess divine knowledge and
authority (Ismah) as well as
being part of the Ahl al-Bayt, the
family of Muhammad.
These Imams have the role...
-
Twelver Shias, the
Mahdi is
believed to be
Imam Muhammad al-Mahdi,
twelfth Imam, son of the
eleventh Imam,
Hasan al-Askari (d. 874), who is said to be...
- al-Mahdī) is
believed by the
Twelver Shia to be the last of the
Twelve Imams and the
eschatological Mahdi, who will
emerge in the end of time to establish...
- n**** (divinely
inspired designation of each
Imam by the
previous Imam) and isma (the
infallibility of the
Imams), as well as that of
taqiya (religious dissimulation...
- own
school of jurisprudence.
Imam Shafi'i said,
among many
other praises, "Ahmad is an
Imam in
eight fields: he is an
imam in hadith, jurisprudence, Al-Qur'an...
- طَالِب, romanized: ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib; c. 600 – 661 CE) was the
first Shia
Imam, as well as the
fourth Rashidun caliph who
ruled from 656 CE to 661. He was...
- (/ˌɪzmɑːˈɪliː/) get
their name from
their acceptance of
Imam Isma'il ibn
Jafar as the
appointed spiritual successor (
imām) to Ja'far al-Sadiq,
wherein they
differ from...
- إِمَامَة)
means "leadership" and is a
concept in
Twelver theology. The
Twelve Imams are the
spiritual and
political successors to Muhammad, the
Prophet of Islam...
