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- /138 AH) was the eldest son of the sixth Shi'a Imam, Ja'far al-Sadiq. Isma'il bin Ja'far is considered to be the seventh Ismaili ...12 KB (1,951 words) - 22:02, 13 December 2024
- Qu'ran, but the sayings of Muhammad on Imam Mahdi abounds. For some Muslims ... Twlver Shi’a regard the Mahdi is their twelfth Imam, as evidenced ...8 KB (1,327 words) - 07:47, 27 March 2025
- Imam Ahmed ibn Hanbal (Arabic: أحمد بن حنبل Ahmad bin Hanbal ...7 KB (1,052 words) - 06:52, 16 June 2023
- Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi (c. 1506 – February 21, 1543) was an Imam and General of Adal who defeated Emperor Lebna Dengel of Ethiopia. Nicknamed ...15 KB (2,396 words) - 06:52, 16 June 2023
- #039;a Muslims to be the sixth infallible Imam. He is the last Imam recognized ... other accomplishments. As well as being an imam on the Shi'a chain, his ...14 KB (2,157 words) - 22:45, 13 December 2024
- Sultan Mahommed Shah, Aga Khan III, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GCVO, PC (November 2, 1877 – July 11, 1957) was the 48th Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims ...12 KB (1,912 words) - 16:47, 1 March 2025
- Aga Khan (Persian: آغا خان ) is the hereditary title of the Imam (spiritual and general leader) of the Nizārī Muslims( الطائفة ...14 KB (2,120 words) - 16:59, 7 August 2025
- Aga Khan I was the title awarded to Hasan Ali Shah (b. 1804 in Kahak, Iran; d. 1881 in Bombay, India), the governor of Kirman, 46th Imam of the ...18 KB (3,011 words) - 16:57, 7 August 2025
- Nizar and his successors as the Ismaili Imam in opposition to the 9th Fatimid ... doctrine. Ismailis believe that their Imam possesses the key to unlock ...21 KB (3,265 words) - 07:46, 25 June 2024
- Bayt (family). Shi'as believe that the Imam – their preferred title ... are very similar. Recognition of Ali as Imam is added to the Shahadah ...24 KB (3,795 words) - 14:11, 27 January 2023
- Moving to Walila, he was recognized as Imam, the preferred Shi'a ... His son Idris II (791-828), then a small child, was proclaimed Imam ...10 KB (1,519 words) - 19:45, 10 September 2025
- to practice ijtihad on behalf of the Hidden Imam. What has been described as ... the "occultation" of the 12th Imam, there was disagreement between ...12 KB (1,870 words) - 15:58, 28 November 2024
- . Shi'a Muslims see him as the first imam and the first rightful caliph ... revered by most Shi'a as the second imam; his brother Husayn bin Ali ...25 KB (4,139 words) - 18:19, 21 July 2023
- al-Mahdi, known as the twelfth, or "Hidden Imam," destined to return to as the Mahdi in the Shi'a tradition. This has made it a central ...9 KB (1,343 words) - 02:08, 23 December 2022
- in A.H. 201 (817 C.E.) al-Ma'mun named Imam Reza the eighth Shi'a ... The appointment of the Imam as his heir was a political move by al ...24 KB (3,663 words) - 05:21, 30 April 2021
- by his followers as either the "hidden imam" of Islam or the "Gateway" (Báb) to him. After his death he became a major figure ...17 KB (2,919 words) - 05:23, 26 August 2023
- of the time. Later, Khayyám studied under Imam Mowaffak of Nishapur, who ... young man who studied under that eminent Imam would attain honor and happiness ...11 KB (1,761 words) - 18:09, 19 August 2025
- believe that, with the exception of one Imam (inspired leader of the community ... for the battle to end. Husayn's son Imam Ali ibn Husayn was with them ...12 KB (2,050 words) - 10:03, 22 September 2023
- Messiah, Zoroastrianism Saoshyans, and Islam Imam-Mahdi. This remarkable coincidence of expectations for a saving human intervention, for the sake of ...6 KB (939 words) - 14:01, 7 May 2024
- are not inclined to hang,"Al-Tirmidhi, Imam Al-Hafidh Abi 'Isa Muhammad ... In a collection by Imam at-Tirmidhi in his "Sunan" (Volume ...18 KB (2,560 words) - 08:03, 19 July 2024
