Shia Islamic beliefs and practices

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Beliefs and practices Monotheism Holy Books Prophethood Succession to Muhammad Imamate of the Family Angels Judgement Day Mourning of Muharram Intercession Clergy The Four Companions Arba'een Pilgrimage
Holy days Ashura Arba'een Mawlid Eid al-Fitr Eid al-Adha Eid al-Ghadeer
History The verse of purification Two things Mubahala Khumm Fatimah's house First Fitna Second Fitna The Battle of Karbala
Branches of Shia Islam Emāmī Ethnā‘asharī Jā'farīs Bātinī-Alevīs Ghulāt Hurūfī-Baktāshīs Khaṣībī-Nusāyrīs Ismāʿīlī Nīzārī-Ismāʿīlīs Mustā‘lī-Tāyyībīs Durzis Zaīdī Extinct Shia sects
Ahl al-Kisa Muhammad Ali Fatimah Hasan Hussein
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 Fātimah bint Mūsā Hakimah Khātūn Narjis Fatimah bint Asad Umm Farwah bint al-Qasim
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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

Main article: Principles of Islamic jurisprudence

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

Main article: 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.

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