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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 ...
The Twelve Imams (Arabic: ٱلْأَئِمَّة ٱلْٱثْنَا عَشَر, al-ʾAʾimmah al-ʾIthnā ʿAšar; Persian: دوازده امام, Davâzdah Emâm) are the spiritual and political successors to the Islamic prophet Muhammad in the Twelver branch of Shia Islam, including that of the Alawite and Alevi.
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 .
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; ... This is a list of notable Islamic religious leaders in Nigeria. Sunni. Salafis. Ahmad Abubakar Gumi;
Pages in category "Lists of Islamic religious leaders" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... NOTE: This category includes both current and former Imams of Masjid al-Haram.
An Imāmzādeh is a Persian word for the shrine-tomb of an immediate descendant of a Shi'i Imam, as well as for the descendants themselves. [1] This Persian term is also used in Urdu and Azeri. Imamzadeh means "offspring" or descendant of an imam. Other English transliterations [1] include imamzada, imamzadah, and emamzadah.
The post of Grand Imam of al-Azhar, or shaykh of al-Azhar, has been filled by a member of the ulema, the religious scholars, of Egypt. The position of Grand Imam is among the most prominent roles in Islam and is often considered to be the highest authority in Islamic jurisprudence .