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Islamic religious leaders have traditionally been people who, as part of the clerisy, mosque, or government, performed a prominent role within their community or nation.. However, in the modern contexts of Muslim minorities in non-Muslim countries as well as secularised Muslim states like Turkey, and Bangladesh, the religious leadership may take a variety of non-formal sha
Mullah (/ ˈ m ʌ l ə, ˈ m ʊ l ə, ˈ m uː l ə /) is an honorific title for Muslim clergy and mosque leaders. [1] The term is widely used in Iran and Afghanistan and is also used for a person who has higher education in Islamic theology and sharia law.
The Mahdi is the greatest teacher, the Messiah of the Islamic World, and the Maitreya of Buddhism. Makhdoom: Marabout: A spiritual teacher of Islam as it is taught in the West Africa and Maghreb, The word comes from the Berber concept of Saint. The "marabout" is known as "Sayyed" (سيد) to the Arabic speaking Maghribians. Marja
Muslim clergy (4 C, 2 P) F. Female Islamic religious leaders (3 C, 32 P) G. Grand Muftis (30 C, 17 P) I. Imams (11 C, 9 P) M. Marja' (4 P) Religious leaders of the ...
Muslim chaplains (11 P) Pages in category "Muslim clergy" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. M.
Shia Islam places great importance on the guidance of clergy, and each branch of Shi'ism maintains its own clerical structure. The most well-known Shia clergy belongs to the largest branch of Shia Islam, Twelver Shi'ism. As in other branches of Islam, Shia scholars are collectively known as the ulema.
Muslims who wish to learn Sufism dedicate themselves to a murshid's guidance by taking an oath called a bai'ah. The aspirant is then known as a murid ("disciple" or "follower"). A murid who takes on special disciplines under the guide's instruction, ranging from an intensive spiritual retreat to voluntary poverty and homelessness, is sometimes ...
Usually as a prelude to such status, a mujtahid [note 1] is asked to publish a juristic treatise in which he answers questions about the application of Islam to present-time daily affairs. [25] Risalah is the word for treatise, and such a juristic work is called a risalah-yi'amaliyyah or "practical law treatise", [26]. A Grand Ayatollah is ...