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- Shi'ite Follower of Shi'a, the second-largest branch of Islam. Shi'ites believe that the true successor of Muhammad was Ali, whose claim to be caliph was not recognized by Sunni Muslims. It rejects the Sunna (the collection of teachings outside the Koran) and relies instead on the pronouncements of a succession of holy men called Imams.
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Shia or Shīʿa (/ ˈ ʃ iː ə /), Shiism/Shīʿism (/ ˈ ʃ iː ɪ z (ə) m /), and Shiite/Shīʿite (/ ˈ ʃ iː aɪ t /) are the forms used in English and other European languages for adherents, mosques, traditions, and things associated with the Shia branch of Islam. The term Shia was first used during Muhammad's lifetime.
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Shia Islam originated as a response [citation needed] to questions of Islamic religious leadership which became manifest as early as the death of Muhammad in 632 CE. The issues involved not only whom to appoint as the successor to Muhammad, but also what attributes a true successor should have.
6 days ago · Shiʿite. Collective: Shiʿah or. Arabic: Shīʿah. Key People: Ismāʿīl I. Öljeitü. al-Aḥsāʾī. al-Ḥillī. Shaykh Ḥaydar. Related Topics: Twelver Shiʿah. Ismāʿīliyyah. ʿAlawite. mutʿah. Rāfiḍah. Recent News. May 23, 2024, 3:14 PM ET (AP) Iran inters its late president at holiest Shiite site in nation after fatal helicopter crash.
- Andrew J. Newman
Shīʿa Islam is based on a ḥadīth report concerning Muhammad's pronouncement at Ghadir Khumm. Shīʿa Muslims believe that ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Muhammad's cousin and son-in-law, should have been the designated successor to Muhammad as Islam's spiritual and political leader.
Shīʿite , Member of the Shīʿite branch of Islam, which resulted from the first fitnah, or split, within the religion over leadership.
Shi’ism is much more than simply a denomination or sect of Islam beginning with the early dispute over the successorship of the Prophet Muhammad in 11/632. As long as there has been Islam, Shi’ism has been a part of the larger Muslim body politic and provided its own theological, legal, mystical, and philosophical traditions and worldview.
