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  1. History of Shia Islam. Shi‘a Islam, also known as Shi‘ite Islam or Shia, is the second largest branch of Islam after Sunni Islam. Shias adhere to the teachings of Muhammad and the religious guidance of his family (who are referred to as the Ahl al-Bayt) or his descendants known as Shia Imams. Muhammad's bloodline continues only through his ...

  2. e. 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. Sunnis regarded Caliphs as a temporal leaders ...

  3. 5 days ago · The origins of the split between the Sunnis and the Shiʿah lie in the events which followed the death of the Prophet Muhammad. Muhammad was understood to be the messenger of God who, in the early 7th century ce, commenced to proclaim the Qurʾān, the sacred scripture of Islam, to the Arabs. In the 620s Muhammad and his followers were driven ...

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  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Shia_IslamShia Islam - Wikipedia

    Shia Islam (/ ˈ ʃ iː ə /) is the second-largest branch of Islam.It holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib (r. 656 – 661 CE) as his successor (khalīfa) and the Imam (spiritual and political leader) after him, at the event of Ghadir Khumm, but was prevented from succeeding Muhammad as leader of the Muslims by some of Muhammad's other companions (ṣaḥāba ...

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  6. Title: The Origins and Early Development of Shia Islam Original Publisher: Longman Group & Librairie Du Liban, London & Beirut First Publication Date: 1979 ISBN 10: 0582780802 ISBN 13: 9780582780804. Chapter 1: Conceptual Foundat... 2 SHARES. This text is a very detailed and comprehensive history of the early stages of Shi'ism. The author has ...

  7. From a political viewpoint, the history of the Shia was in several stages. The first part was the emergence of the Shia, which starts after Muhammad’s death in 632 and lasts until the Battle of Karbala in 680. This part coincides with the Imamah of Ali, Hasan ibn Ali and Hussain. The second part is the differentiation and distinction of the ...

  8. Jun 30, 2022 · 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.

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