Twelver Shīʿism (Arabic: ٱثْنَا عَشَرِيَّة; ʾIthnā ʿAshariyya), also known as Imāmiyya (Arabic: إِمَامِيَّة), is the largest branch of Shīʿa Islam, comprising...

over the identity of these imams. In Twelver Shi’ism, Muhammad is believed to have been succeeded by a line of twelve imams from his descent, who also inherited...

Ayatollah are in use for Twelver clerics. Islamist Shīʿīsm (Persian: تشیع اخوانی) is a new denomination within Twelver Shīʿīsm greatly inspired by the...

Yahya). The Zaydis on the Caspian Sea were forcefully converted to Twelver Shi'ism in the 16th century. The Zaydis in Yemen had initially lived in the...

as the divine guide of humankind in his time. These are the Twelve Imams in Twelver Shi'ism. The last of these imams, Muhammad al-Mahdi, is believed to...

mid-fifteenth century, the Twelver Safawiyya changed in character, evolving into an extreme and intolerant form of Twelver Shi'ism, becoming militant under...

prophet Muhammad in the Twelver branch of Shia Islam, including that of the Alawite and Alevi. According to Twelver theology, the Twelve Imams are exemplary...

Mavani, Hamid (2013). Religious Authority and Political Thought in Twelver Shi'ism: From Ali to Post-Khomeini. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-62440-4. Bernheimer...

Druze sects. The vast majority of Shiite Muslims in Lebanon adhere to Twelver Shi'ism. Today, Shiite Muslims constitute around 27% of the Lebanese population...

The theology of Twelver Shi'ism contains the five principles of Shia Islam known as Uṣūl al-Dīn (Arabic: أصول الدين "Principles of the Faith"). The Shia...

religion would occur. Taqiyya has also been politically legitimised in Twelver Shi'ism, to maintain unity among Muslims and fraternity among Shia clerics...

for Twelver Muslims in Kazimayn, Baghdad. Musa al-Kazim played a key role in eradicating extreme views and exaggerations (ghuluww) from Twelver thought...

heresy. In the tradition of Twelver Shia Islam, the twelfth and final Imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi, who is also considered by Twelver Shia to be the prophesied...

Mohammad Ali (2007). "Islam in Iran vii. The Concept of Mahdi in Twelver Shiʿism". Encyclopædia Iranica. Amir-Moezzi, Mohammad Ali (15 February 2011)...

century, it has been the dominant school of Twelver Shi'a and now forms an overwhelming majority within the Twelver Shia denomination. The name Usuli derives...

Verethragna or Bahram (Avestan: 𐬬𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬖𐬥𐬀‎, romanized: [vərəθraγna] Error: {{Lang}}: Non-latn text/Latn script subtag mismatch (help)) is a...

(1985), An Introduction to Shiʻi Islam: The History and Doctrines of Twelver Shiʻism, Yale University Press, ISBN 9780300034998 Momen, Moojan (2015), Shi'I...

world. In Twelver Shi'ism, the largest Shia branch, the belief in the messianic imam is not merely a part of creed, but the pivot. For the Twelver Shia, the...

romanized: Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Mahdī) is believed by the Twelver Shia to be the last of the Twelve Imams and the eschatological Mahdi, who will emerge in...

dates to the fourteenth century, when the Il-khan Öljaitü converted to Twelver Shi'ism. Most of the elaborate decorative work in the present imposing complex...

He is credited with laying the doctrinal and legal foundations of Twelver Shi'ism during some twenty years of his imamate. He may also be regarded as...

majority of Shia Muslims Jaʽfar, a given name common among Shia Muslims Twelver Shi’ism, the largest branch of Shia Islam Nizari Isma'ilism, the second largest...

later forsaken and Arab Twelver ulama from Lebanon, Iraq, and Bahrain were imported in increasing numbers to bolster orthodox Twelver practice and belief...

and messengers, angels, and revered persons. In Twelver Shi'ism, honorifics are used with the Twelve Imams. Islamic honorifics are referred to as ṣalawāt...

(1985). An Introduction to Shiʻi Islam: The History and Doctrines of Twelver Shiʻism. Yale University Press. p. 143. ISBN 0-300-03531-4. Retrieved 29 September...

Sachedina, Abdulhussein (1981). Islamic Messianism: The Idea of Mahdi in Twelver Shi'ism. SUNY Press. p. 137. ISBN 9780873954426. Bearman, Peri; Peters, Rudolph...

spiritual successor (imām) to Ja'far al-Sadiq, wherein they differ from the Twelver Shia, who accept Musa al-Kazim, the younger brother of Isma'il, as the...

Sachedina, Abdulaziz A. (1981). Islamic Messianism: The Idea of Mahdi in Twelver Shi'ism. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press. ISBN 9780873954426...

variety of (Islamic) ideas from both East and West" including "Twelver Shi'ism, Sevener Shi'ism, Druzism, and Shi'ite Extremism, as well as Babism, Baha'ism...

al-Kadhdhāb (Arabic: الکَذّاب, lit. 'the Liar') in Twelver Shi'ism, was the third son of the tenth Twelver Shi'a Imam, Ali al-Hadi. He claimed to be an imam...