Imam Muhammad Shirazi
The Shi'a and their Beliefs
Translated byAli Adam
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Contents
Foreword.........................................................................................1The Shi
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a in Brief...........................................................................3The Creed of Shi
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a and Sunna....................................................6Introducing the Shi
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a......................................................................8Islam in the View of the Shi
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a......................................................111. Shi
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a Doctrine......................................................................112. Shi
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a View of Islamic Law...................................................13The Five Laws.....................................................................14Sources of Islamic Law........................................................14Governance in Islam............................................................15Power in Islam.....................................................................16Sources of Public Wealth.....................................................16Islamic Freedom..................................................................173. The Islamic System in the View of the Shi
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a.......................19Shi
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ite Doctrine.............................................................................25Divine Unity (
tawh
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id
)..........................................................26Prophethood (
nubuwwah
)....................................................26The Prophets........................................................................26Islam.....................................................................................27The Qur’an...........................................................................29Direction of Prayer...............................................................30Imamate...............................................................................31The Awaited Imam Mahdi...................................................31Infallibility...........................................................................32The Prophet and Knowledge of the Unseen.........................33Allegiance and Dissociation................................................33Resurrection.........................................................................33Divine Decree......................................................................34Compulsion and Delegation.................................................34Dissimulation.......................................................................34Temporary Marriage............................................................35Prostrating upon Pure Earth.................................................35Combining the Prayers.........................................................36
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