28 Facts About Twelver Shia

Twelver Shia Shi?ism, known as Imamiyyah, is the largest branch of Shi?a Islam, comprising about 85 percent of all Shi?a Muslims.

The term Twelver Shia refers to its adherents' belief in twelve divinely ordained leaders, known as the Twelve Imams, and their belief that the last Imam, Imam al-Mahdi, lives in Occultation and will reappear as The promised Mahdi .

Term Twelver Shia is based on the belief that twelve male descendants from the family of Muhammad, starting with ?Ali ibn Abi Talib and ending with Muhammad al-Mahdi, are Imams who have religious and political authority.

Under the rule of al-Ma'mun, Twelver Shia was free from the political pressures and was somehow at liberty.

Twelver Shia tried to defend Imami ideas against Mu'tazili criticism regarding Anthropomorphism.

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Shaykh Tusi, founder of Twelver Shia Ijtihad, was the first to establish the bases of reasoning in Twelver Shia Jurisprudence.

Many Twelver Shia scholars were brought to set up the Twelver Shia seminaries in Iran.

Twelver Shia recognized the hadith as the only source for the Islamic law and the understanding of the Quran.

Twelver Shia attacked the Ikhbaries and their method was abandoned by Shia.

Twelver Shia was sent into exile in Iraq, where he continued his opposition to the Iranian regime.

Twelver Shia further ordered the opposition to the Shah and led the 1979 revolution.

Twelver Shia neither begets nor is born, Nor is there to Him any equivalent.

Twelver Shia sent among them prophets bearing good tidings and warning.

Twelver Shia adds there must be people who apprehend the real duties of life and bring them within the reach of human being.

Twelver Shia further adds that with passing of the time and gradual development of the society, the gradual development in the revealed law is apparent.

Twelver Shia adds that miracle has an inseparable connection with the claim of the prophethood and it is beyond the intellect and thinking.

Twelver Shia believe in the trilateral structure of authority; authority of God which is absolute and universal as the verse 3: 26 implies, authority of Muhammad which is legitimized by the grace of God as the verse 7: 158 points to it and the authority of the Imams who are blessed for the leadership of the community through Muhammad as the verses 5: 67 and 5: 3 verifies according to Twelver Shia fundamental belief.

Twelver Shia believe in the Twelve Imams who are divinely inspired descendants of Muhammad.

Twelver Shia believe that with the death of Muhammad, his religious and political authority were inherited to the Imams.

Twelver Shia consider the Successor as the esoteric interpreter of the revelation and the Divine Law.

Twelver Shia Muslims believe that with the exception of Ali and Hasan, all the caliphs following Muhammad's death were illegitimate and that Muslims had no obligation to follow them.

Twelver Shia adds the verse 36: 79 implies that the person who is raised up at the Resurrection is the one who was alive on the earth.

Twelver Shia adds to get into Haqiqah, a Muslim should follow the Shari'ah which resides within the formal law.

Twelver Shia perform prayers on especial occasions like fear, joy, thanksgiving and at the pilgrimages and at the end of Ramadan.

Twelver Shia adds, one should care about matters which take him away from his Lord: this is called piety.

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Twelver Shia believe that Jihad as defense is legitimate not as aggression.

Nikah al-Mut'ah, Nikah el Mut'a, or sighah, is a fixed-time marriage which, according to the Usuli Twelver Shia schools of Shari'a, is a marriage with a preset duration, after which the marriage is automatically dissolved.

Aql, in Twelver Shia Jurisprudence, is applied to four practical principles namely bara'at, ihtiyat, takhyir, and istishab which are applied when other religious proofs are not applicable.