Akhbari

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Twelvers

of
Shi‘a Islam

Principles

TawhidQiyamahImamah
NubuwwahAdalah

Practices

SalatSawm
HajjZakat
KhumsJihad
CommandingForbidding
TawallaTabarra

Ahl al-Bayt

Muhammad
AliFatimah
HasanHusayn
Zainul Abedin -> al-Mahdi

Texts & Laws

Qur'an

Major branches

UsooliAkhbariShaykhism

Societal aspects

History of Shi'a Islam

See also

Views on Shi'a Islam

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Akhbaris are Twelver Shi'a Muslims who favor hadith over fatwas when trying to determine what the Sunnah says about any specific topic. Unlike Usoolis, the Akhbari Shi'a do not follow the Marjas, rather they have followship of the Imams. They are very few in number.

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