Shia | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 03/10/2019

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00:01:39 1 Terminology
00:03:03 2 History
00:03:11 2.1 Succession of Ali
00:03:47 2.1.1 The event of Dhul Asheera
00:06:16 2.1.2 Event of Ghadir Khumm
00:07:51 2.2 Ali's caliphate
00:10:41 2.3 Hasan ibn Ali
00:11:38 2.4 Husayn ibn Ali
00:13:01 2.5 Imamate of the iAhl al-Bayt/i
00:15:43 2.6 Imam of the time, last Imam of the Shia
00:16:30 3 Theology
00:17:32 4 Hadith
00:18:09 5 Profession of faith
00:18:55 6 Infallibility
00:20:42 7 Occultation
00:21:52 8 Inheritance
00:23:01 9 History
00:23:27 9.1 Dynasties
00:25:10 9.1.1 Fatimid Caliphate
00:26:00 9.1.2 Safavid Empire
00:27:11 10 Community
00:27:19 10.1 Demographics
00:29:35 10.1.1 Significant populations worldwide
00:29:54 10.2 Persecution
00:31:32 10.3 Holidays
00:33:44 10.4 Holy sites
00:34:41 11 Branches
00:35:02 11.1 Twelver
00:35:44 11.1.1 Doctrine
00:37:05 11.1.2 Books
00:37:36 11.1.3 The Twelve Imams
00:38:26 11.1.4 Jurisprudence
00:40:25 11.2 Zaidi ("Fiver")
00:40:54 11.2.1 Doctrine
00:42:01 11.2.2 Jurisprudence
00:42:32 11.2.3 Timeline
00:44:49 11.3 Ismaili
00:46:41 11.3.1 Ismaili imams
00:49:08 11.3.2 Pillars
00:49:26 11.3.3 Contemporary leadership
00:50:39 12 Other doctrines
00:50:47 12.1 Doctrine about necessity of acquiring knowledge
00:51:41 12.2 Doctrine concerning Du'a



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Shia Islam (; Arabic: شيعة‎ Shīʿah, from Shīʿatu ʿAlī "adherents of Ali"; Arabic: شيعي‎ shīʿī is singular, Arabic: شياع‎ shiyāʿ is plural, Shi'ite is also used in English) is one of the two main branches of Islam. It holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib as his successor and the Imam (leader) after him, most notably at the event of Ghadir Khumm, but was prevented from the caliphate as a result of the incident of Saqifah. This view primarily contrasts with that of Sunni Islam, whose adherents believe that Muhammad did not appoint a successor and consider Abu Bakr, who they claim was appointed caliph by a small group of Muslims at Saqifah, to be the first rightful caliph after the Prophet.Unlike the first three Rashidun caliphs, Ali was from the same clan as Muhammad, Banu Hashim, as well as being the prophet's cousin and being the first male to become Muslim.Shia Islam is the second largest branch of Islam: as of the late 2000s, Shia Muslims constituted 10–15% of all Muslims. Twelver Shia (Ithnā'ashariyyah) is the largest branch of Shia Islam, with 2012 estimates saying that 85% of Shias were Twelvers.

Shia Islam is based on the prophet's hadith (Ghadir Khumm). Shia consider Ali to have been divinely appointed as the successor to Muhammad, and as the first Imam. The Shia also extend this Imammah to Muhammad's family, the Ahl al-Bayt ("the people/family of the House"), and some individuals among his descendants, known as Imams, who they believe possess special spiritual and political authority over the community, infallibility and other divinely ordained traits. Although there are many Shia subsects, modern Shia Islam has been divided into two main groupings: Twelvers and Ismailis, with Twelver Shia being the largest and most influential group among Shia.