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The Qibla of the Fatimid caliph al-Mustansir Billah in the Mosque of Ibn Tulun, Cairo showing the Shia shahada that ends with the phrase "'Aliyyan Waliyyullah" ("Ali is the vicegerent of God") The first phrase of the Shahada in kufic calligraphy (1309), Kashan, Iran The Shia Shahada on the mausoleum of Attar of Nishapur, Iran. The first phrase ...
The word jafr (Arabic: جَفْر) means an animal skin, prepared as parchment for writing. [1] In the Shia belief, Kitab al-Jafr is a mystical book with esoteric teachings of Muhammad for Ali. [2] [3] In support of its existence, Ali was once seen transcribing in the presence of Muhammad, as reported by the Shia scholar Ali ibn Babawayh (d.
Istishhad (Arabic: اِسْتِشْهَادٌ, romanized: istišhād) is the Arabic word for "martyrdom", "death of a martyr", or (in some contexts) "heroic death". [1] [2] Martyrs are given the honorific shaheed. [3] The word derives from the root shahida (Arabic: شهد), meaning "to witness". Traditionally martyrdom has an exalted place in ...
The Sunnī version of the Shahada states La ilaha illallah, Muhammadun rasulullah (Arabic: لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا الله مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ الله, lit. 'There is no god except God, Muhammad is the messenger of God'), but in addition to this declaration of faith Shīʿa Muslims add the phrase Ali-un-Waliullah ...
Zaydism (Arabic: الزَّيْدِيَّة, romanized: az-Zaydiyya) is a branch of Shia Islam that emerged in the eighth century following Zayd ibn Ali's unsuccessful rebellion against the Umayyad Caliphate. [1] Zaydism is one of the three main branches of Shi'ism, with the other two being Twelverism and Ismailism. [2]
Muhammad Jamaluddin al-Makki al-Amili al-Jizzini, [2] (1334–1385) is known to Shias as the Shahid Awwal (Arabic: الشهيد الأول ash-Shahid al-Awwal "The First Martyr"). Although he is neither the first Muslim, nor the first Shi'te to die for his religion, he became known as "Shahid Awwal" because he was probably the first Shia ...
This fatwa received various reactions in Arabic media, including daily newspapers Al-Anba and AlRay AlAam in Kuwait, As-Safir in Lebanon, Al Watan and Okaz in Saudi Arabia, Al-Hayat in London, the daily newspaper Al-Shorouk and radio and television broadcasters in Egypt, and some Arabic satellite television channels.
Quranism (Arabic: القرآنية, romanized: al-Qurʾāniyya) is an Islamic movement that holds the belief that the Quran is the only valid source of religious belief, guidance, and law in Islam. Quranists believe that the Quran is clear, complete, and that it can be fully understood without recourse to the hadith and sunnah.