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Shi'a Islamic beliefs and practices
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
ZakÃÂt
- 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