Shia Islamic beliefs and practices

The beliefs and practices of Twelver Shia Islam are categorised into:

• Theology or Roots of the Religion - five beliefs
• Ancillaries of the Faith or Branches of the Religion - ten practices

Theological principles

• Tawhid - the Oneness of God
• Adl "divine justice"
• Nubuwwah "prophethood"
• Imamate "leadership of Mankind"
• Resurrection of the dead

The Ancillaries of the Faith

• Salat "ritual prayer"
• Sawm "Fasting" during the month of Ramadan
• Hajj "pilgrimage" to Mecca
• Zakāt - charitable giving
• Khums - a "Fifth" of specific kinds of income given to charity
• Jihad "struggle"
• Commanding right and forbidding wrong
• Forbidding what is evil
• Tawalla - love of faith and the chosen of God
• Tabarra - disassociation from enemies of the faith and God's chosen.

See also

• Principles of Shia Islam jurisprudence

References