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Shia Muslims gathered in prayer at the Shrine of Imam Ḥusayn in Karbala, Iraq. Shia religious practices, such as prayers, differ only slightly from the Sunnīs. While all Muslims pray five times daily, Shia Muslims have the option of combining Dhuhr with Asr and Maghrib with Isha', as there are three distinct times mentioned in the Quran. The ...
The Tasbih of Fatimah (Arabic: تَسْبِيح فَاطِمَة), commonly known as "Tasbih Hadhrat Zahra" [1] [2] or "Tasbih al-Zahra" (Arabic: تَسْبِيح ٱلزَّهْرَاء), [3] is a special kind of Dhikr which is attributed to Fatimah bint Muhammad, [4] and consists of saying 33 repetitions of subḥāna -llah i (سُبْحَانَ ٱللَّٰهِ), meaning "Glorified is Allah ...
A Sunni Muslim (left) and Shia Muslim (right) performing the Friday prayer in Tehran. Some Sunnis perform salah with the hands clasped ("qabd"), while Shia offer salah with their hands at their sides ("sadl"). While most Muslims pray five times a day, some Muslims pray three times a day, believing the Qur'an only mentions three prayers.
Dua Al-Ahd (Arabic: دُعَاء ٱلْعَهْد) is an Arabic language allegiance supplication prayer for Hujjat-Allah al-Mahdi, twelfth Imam of Shia Islam. [1] This is also known as Ahad Nama in Asian Country like India, Pakistan. Ja'far al-Sadiq narrates in a hadith regarding the importance of reciting the supplication every morning.
WikiShia is a free online encyclopedia about Shi'a Islam.It contains more than 23,000 content pages about Shia Islam in 13 languages including English, Persian, Spanish, Turkish, French, Arabic, Urdu, Indonesian, German, Russian, Chinese, Hindi and Kiswahili.
In a treatise by Yahya ibn Qasim Alavi (seventh century AH), it is claimed that a copy of this prayer was written in Kufic script by Imam Ali himself. [10] The oldest authentication related to the Du'a al-Sabah [ 11 ] is the book " Ikhtiar al-Misbah " written by " Sayyid Ali ibn al-Husayn ibn Hessan ibn al-Baqi al-Qurashi " in 1255 (653 AH).
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 .
The line of imams of the Nizari Ismaili Shia Muslims (also known as the Agha-khani Ismailis in South and Central Asia) continues to their present living 50th hereditary imam, Aga Khan V (son of Aga Khan IV). They are the only Shia Muslim community today led by a present and living (Hazir wa Mawjud) imam. [31]