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  2. Twelve Imams - Wikipedia

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    The twelfth and final Imam is Muhammad al-Mahdi, who is believed by the Twelvers to be currently alive, and hidden in the Major Occultation until he returns to bring justice to the world. [6] It is believed by Twelver and Alevi Muslims that the Twelve Imams have been foretold in the Hadith of the 12 accomplishers. All of the Imams met unnatural ...

  3. Twelver Shi'ism - Wikipedia

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    Twelver theology, which mainly consists of five principles, [a] has formed over the course of history on the basis of the Quran, hadiths from Muhammad and the Twelve Imams (especially Jafar al-Sadiq), as well as in response to intellectual movements in the Muslim world and major events of the Twelver history, such as the Battle of Karbala and ...

  4. Military career of Ali - Wikipedia

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    The battle of siffin was one of the bloodiest battles in the Islamic history, all of the bravest warriors of Arabia participated in the battle both from Iraq and Syria. the fighting usually began in the morning and continued till evening. at first Ali didn't want a general war because he had all the hope of convincing Muawiya to put down his ...

  5. Imamate in Twelver doctrine - Wikipedia

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    This also implied that every new piece of divine knowledge was presented first to the imam's predecessors and then to him. [90] At a mystical level, Muhammad, Fatima, and the twelve imams, collectively known as the fourteen infallibles, are said to have been created from a nobler substance than the clay from which prophets were made. [91]

  6. History of Shia Islam - Wikipedia

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    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 Battle of Karbala in 680. This part coincides with the Imamah of Ali, Hasan ibn Ali and Hussain.

  7. Ismail I - Wikipedia

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    The battle between the young Ismā'īl and Shah Farrukh Yassar of Shirvan. Ismail I was born to Martha and Shaykh Haydar on July 17, 1487, in Ardabil.His father, Haydar, was the sheikh of the Safavid tariqa (Sufi order) and a direct descendant of its Kurdish founder, [16] [17] [18] Safi-ad-din Ardabili (1252–1334).

  8. Imamate in Shia doctrine - Wikipedia

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    Ali was the first of the Twelve Imams, and, in the Twelvers and Sufis' 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 Husayn ibn Ali, who was the brother of Hasan ibn Ali.

  9. Twelver Shia holy days - Wikipedia

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    Decorating the mausoleum of Imam Ali bin Abi Talib with wreaths of natural roses on his birthday. On the 3rd of Rajab, the tenth Imam, Ali al-Hadi, was poisoned in the year 254 AH in Samarra at the age of forty. On the 10th of Rajab, Imam Muhammad al-Jawad, the ninth Shia Imam, was born in Medina in the year 195 AH. [22]