Shia Islam: History and Doctrines

Shia Islam: The Human Geography of Shi’ism / 34 The Human Geography of Shi’ism Shia Islam: The Human Geography of Shi’ism / 34 The Shīʿa constitute a major group within the Muslim community. They have settled in different parts of…

Shia Islam: Shīʿa contributions to Islamic civilization / 33 – d Shia Islam: Shīʿa contributions to Islamic civilization / 33 – d Study of narrators (ʿIlm al-Rijāl) ʿIlm al-rijāl is a branch of learning that deals with the…

Shia Islam: Shīʿa contributions to Islamic civilization / 33 – c Shia Islam: Shīʿa contributions to Islamic civilization / 33 – c Principles of Jurisprudence (Uṣūl al-Fiqh) It is quite obvious that deriving laws from the Qur’an,…

Shia Islam: Shīʿa contributions to Islamic civilization / 33 – b Shia Islam: Shīʿa contributions to Islamic civilization / 33 – b Qur’anic exegesis Shia Islam: Shīʿa contributions to Islamic civilization / 33 – b The Qur’an…

Shia Islam: Shīʿa contributions to Islamic civilization / 33 – a Shia Islam: Shīʿa contributions to Islamic civilization / 33 – a Shīʿa contributions to Islamic civilization The history of human civilization is such a vast…

Shia Islam: Imam Ḥasan ‘al-ʿAskarī / 31 Shia Islam: Imam Ḥasan ‘al-ʿAskarī / 31 Imam Ḥasan ‘al-ʿAskarī Imam Ḥasan al-ʿAskarī, the son of Imam al-Hādī, was the eleventh Shīʿa Imam. He was born in Medina in 846 AD and died in…

Shia Islam: Imam al-Hādī /30 Shia Islam: Imam al-Hādī /30 Imam al-Hādī Imam ʿAlī al-Naqi, the tenth Shīʿa Imam, was born in 827 AD (Mufīd, Irshād; Kashf al-Ghamma) and died in 868 AD. His teknonym was Abū al-Ḥasan, and his…

Shia Islam: Imam Sajjād /25 Imam Sajjād The fourth Shīʿa Imam is Sajjād, the son of Imam Ḥusayn. He was born in 657 AD and passed away in 713 AD. Imam Sajjād was born at a time when his grandfather Imam ʿAlī was still Caliph and…

Shia Islam: Imam Ḥusayn /24 Imam Ḥusayn The third Shīʿa Imam, Ḥusayn, was the second son of ʿAlī and Fāṭima. He was born in 626 AD. He was named in a ceremony similar to the one held for his elder brother Ḥasan in the presence…

Shia Islam: Fāṭima (SA), daughter of the Prophet (PBUH)/22 Fāṭima, daughter of the Prophet Shia Islam: Fāṭima (SA), daughter of the Prophet (PBUH)/22  Fāṭima may not be an Imam but she is the mother of eleven infallible Imams and,…