Shia Islamic beliefs and practices
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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
Theological principles[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
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- ^ a b c d Armanios, Febe (23 February 2004). "CRS Report for Congress:Islam: Sunnis and Shiites" (PDF). Congressional Research Service| The Library of Congress. Retrieved 29 June 2024.