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...

knowledge and authority to guide the Muslim community. According to Twelver theology, the Twelve Imams are exemplary human individuals who not only rule over...

concept in Twelver theology. The Twelve Imams are the spiritual and political successors to Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam, in the Twelver branch of Shia...

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...

attributes, revelation must be accepted bila kayfa (without [asking] how). Twelver theology is based on the Hadith which have been narrated from the Islamic prophet...

like sub-classes of Twelver. Their conviction includes "Batiniyya-Hurufism" and "Sevener-Qarmatians-Ismailism" sentiments. The Twelver branch of Shia Islam...

is one of the three main branches of Shi'ism, with the other two being Twelverism and Ismailism. Zaydism is typically considered the Shia branch that is...

scholar and one of the most influential Twelver Shi'i Muslim authors of all time. He was an expert in Twelver theology, a pioneering mujtahid, as well as the...

Madelung, Wilferd (2014). "Early Ibāḍī Theology". In Schmidtke, Sabine (ed.). The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Theology. Vol. 1. United Kingdom: Oxford University...

who proposed a number of doctrines that later became orthodox in the Twelver theology, including the rational necessity of the divinely-guided imam in every...

designation Twelver is derived from the doctrine of believing in twelve divinely ordained leaders, known as "the Twelve Imams". Twelver Shia are otherwise...

معصومین, Čahârdah Ma'sūmīn) in Twelver Shia Islam are the Islamic prophet Muhammad, his daughter Fatima, and the Twelve Imams. All are considered to be...

Imamato Ismaeli) on 11 July 2018. Nizari Ismaili theology is the pre-eminent negative or apophatic theology of Islam because it affirms the absolute Oneness...

(/æʃəˈriː/; Arabic: الأشعرية, romanized: al-Ashʿariyya) is a school of theology in Sunni Islam named after Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari, a Shāfiʿī jurist, reformer...

Muhammad. These were the Imamites, who were the forerunners of Twelver and Isma'ili Shias. Twelver and Isma'ili sources indeed report that al-Sajjad had earlier...

is a school of theology in Sunni Islam which developed from circles of the Ahl al-Hadith, a group that rejected rationalistic theology in favor of strict...

Moojan (1985). An Introduction to Shi'i Islam: the history and doctrines of Twelver Shiʻism. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300034998. Rustomji, Nerina (2009)...

Theology is the study of religious belief from a religious perspective, with a focus on the nature of divinity. It is taught as an academic discipline...

Arabic: وِلاَيَةُ ٱلْفَقِيهِ, romanized: Wilāyat al-Faqīh) is a concept in Twelver Shia Islamic law which holds that until the reappearance of the "infallible...

first theological controversy in Islam. Although not connected with the Sunni-Shiʿi controversy about the succession, the majority of Twelver Shiʿites...

interest in "apocalyptic speculation" was strongest among mainstream Shia (Twelver Shia), Isma'ili Islam, Sunni on the "doctrinal and geographic margins"—such...

ma'a al-Khawarijj (his Theological Debates with the Kharijites) Imamah (Twelver Shi`i Doctrine) Twelver theology Islamic theology Lalani 2004, p. 111. Sharif...

the teachings of the Twelve Imams, whilst incorporating some traditions from shamanism. Differing from Sunni Islam and Usuli Twelver Shia Islam, Alevis...

his theology. His school grew after his death, and the majority of its followers would also eventually come to follow the Maturidi school of theology. He...

Gömbeyaz, The Influence of the 73 Sects Ḥadīth on the Classification of Theological Sects in Islamic Heresiographical Literature, ULUM:Journal of Religious...

by Ibn Nusayr, who was a disciple of the tenth Twelver Imam, Ali al-Hadi, and of the eleventh Twelver Imam, Hasan al-Askari. For this reason, Alawites...

the extent that the term "Shīʿa" frequently refers to Twelvers by default. All mainstream Twelver and Ismāʿīlī Shīʿa Muslims follow the same school of...

dissimulation is considered lawful in Twelver Shi'ism whenever life or property is at serious risk. In Twelver theology, taqiyya also refers to hiding or...

had adopted some tenets of Twelver Shia Islam—including veneration of Ali (the son-in-law of Prophet Muhammad) and the Twelve Imams—as well as a variety...

Imami Twelver Theology of Twelvers Ja'fari Akhbari Usuli Shaykhism Qizilbash Sheikh Haydar / Shah Ismail / Pir Sultan / Kul Nesîmî – Safavid Islam Ghulat...