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After Ja'far al-Sadiq, the Twelvers consider Musa ibn Ja'far to be their next Imam, whereas Fatimid Isma'ilis consider his older brother Isma'il ibn Ja'far to be their next Imam, followed next by his son Muhammad ibn Isma'il. The Sevener Isma'ilis consider either Isma'il ibn Ja'far or his son Muhammad ibn Isma'il to be their final Imam and ...
5.1 Athnā‘ashariyyah-The Twelve Imams. 5.2 Zaidiyyah imams. ... Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... See also modern Islamic philosophy, ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "Lists of Islamic religious leaders" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of ...
Imam Abu Hanifa al-Nu'man is the first of the four imams and the only taabi'i among them. He also had the opportunity to meet a number of the companions of the Prophet. Imam Malik ibn Anas was a sheikh of Imam Shafi'i. Imam Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i was a student of Imam Malik and a sheikh of Imam Ahmad. [2]
Imam is an Arabic word meaning "Leader". The ruler of a country might be called the Imam, for example. The term, however, has important connotations in the Islamic tradition especially in Shia belief. In Sunni belief, the term is used for the founding scholars of the four Sunni madhhabs, or schools of religious jurisprudence .
Ali, a cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad, was the first of the Twelve Imams, and, in the Twelvers view, the rightful successor to Muhammad, followed by male descendants of Muhammad through his daughter Fatimah. Each Imam was the son of the previous Imam, with the exception of Al-Husayn, who was the brother of Al-Hasan.
Following the death of the 18th imam, Abū Tamīm Ma'add al-Mustanṣir bi-llāh in 1094, the Ismailis split into the Nizari and Mustaali sects. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
A. Amjad Ali Aazmi; Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab; Abd Allah al-Qaysi; Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak; Abdul Hakim Sialkoti; Daayiee Abdullah; Abu al-Barakat al-Nasafi