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

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Beliefs and practices Monotheism Holy Books Prophethood Succession to Muhammad Imamate Angels Judgment Day Mourning of Muharram Intercession Clergy The Four Companions Arbaʽeen Pilgrimage
Holy days Ashura Arbaʽeen Mawlid Eid al-Fitr Eid al-Adha Eid al-Ghadir Eid al-Mubahala
History Verse of Purification Two things Mubahala Khumm Fatimah's house First Fitna Second Fitna Battle of Karbala Origin Persecution
Branches and sects Twelvers Jaʽfaris Akhbari Shaykhi Usuli Alawites Batini Alevism Qizilbash Alians Hurufism-Bektashism Zaydi Shiʽa Ismaʽili Mustaʽli Tayyibi Alavi Dawoodi Sulaymani Hafizi Nizari Khoja Satpanth Extinct Shiʽa sects
Ahl al-Kisa Muhammad Ali Fatimah Hasan Husayn
Holy women Fatimah Khadija bint Khuwaylid Umm Salama Zaynab bint Ali Umm Kulthum bint Ali Umm ul-Banin Fatimah bint Hasan Sukayna bint Husayn Rubab Shahrbanu Fatimah bint Musa Hakimah Khātūn Narjis Fatimah bint Asad Umm Farwah bint al-Qasim Sayyida Ruqayya bint Ali Sayyida Nafisa
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Theological principles

Tawhid - the Oneness of God
Adl "divine justice"
Nubuwwah "prophethood"
Imamate "leadership of Mankind"
Mi'ad "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

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