Shi'a
[The only true Framework of Islamic and other Religions]
Compiled by: Engineer Afsaneh Cooper
Beliefs / Usul al-Din
Main Beliefs Imamate = leadership defined by Allah
Tawhid • Prophethood •Resurrection • 'Adl • Imamate Adl = Justice defined by Allah
Tawhid = Chapter 112 of Holy Qur'an
Other Beliefs
'Isma • Wilaya • Mahdawiyya:Occultation (Minor Occultation,Major Occultation), Intizar, Zuhur, and Raj'a • Bada' Wilaya = being a life long student supervised by a Shi'a scholar of one's choice
Furu' al-Din / Practical Orders
'Ibadi Orders
Prayer • Fasting • Khums • Zakat •Hajj • Jihad Khums = Law about share of poor in one's annual income
Zakat = Law about share of poor in one's assets annually
Non-'Ibadi Orders
Forbidding the Evil •Enjoining the Good • Tawalli •Tabarri Tawalli: joining the network of good friends
Tabarrie: avoiding the network of bad friends
Sources of Ijtihad
Qur'an • Sunna • Reason • Ijma'
Ethics / Virtues
Forgiveness • Generosity • Generous help
Vices
Greater Sins • Kibr • 'Ujb • Ghurur •Jealousy
Sources
Nahj al-Balagha • Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya • Letter of Imam 'Ali to Imam al-Hasan
Challenging Issues
Succession of the Prophet (s) • Shafa'a • Tawassul •Taqiyya • Mourning • Mut'a • Companions
Figures / Shi'a Imams
Imam 'Ali (a) • Imam al-Hasan (a) •Imam al-Husayn (a) •Imam al-Sajjad (a) •Imam al-Baqir (a) • Imam al-Sadiq (a)• Imam al-Kazim (a) •Imam al-Rida (a) • Imam al-Jawad (a)• Imam al-Hadi (a) •Imam al-'Askari (a) •Imam al-Mahdi (a)
Companions
Men: Hamza • Ja'far b. Abi Talib •Salman al-Farsi • Miqdad b. Aswad •Abudhar al-Ghifari • 'Ammar Yasir •Malik al-Ashtar • Muhammad b.Abi Bakr • 'Aqil • 'Uthman b. Hunayf• Abu Ayyub al-Ansari • Jabir b.'Abd Allah al-Ansari • Ibn 'Abbas •'Abd Allah b. Ja'far • Khuzayma b. Thabit • Bilal • Yasir
Women: Khadija • Lady Fatima (a) •Zaynab • Umm Kulthum • Asma' bt. 'Umays • Umm Ayman • Umm Salama
Scholars
Litterateurs • Scholars of Usul •Poets • Scholars of Rijal • Faqihs •Philosophers • Bibliographers •Exegetes
Shrines
Mecca: Al-Masjid al-Haram
Medina: Al-Masjid al-Nabawi • Al-Baqi'
Al-Quds: Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa
Najaf: Shrine of Imam 'Ali (a) • Masjid al-Kufa
Karbala: Shrine of Imam al-Husayn (a)
Kadhimiyya: Shrine of Kazimayn
Samarra: Shrine of 'Askariyyan
Mashhad: Shrine of Imam al-Rida (a)
Damascus: Zaynabiyya
Qom: Shrine of Lady Fatima al-Ma'suma
Shiraz: Shah Chiragh
Ray: Shrine of 'Abd al-'Azim al-Hasani
Eids
Eid al-Fitr • Eid al-Adha • Eid al-Ghadir • Mab'ath •Prophet's birthday • Imams' birthday
Mournings
Fatimiyya • Muharram (Mournings of Muharram),Tasu'a, 'Ashura and Arba'in)
Events
Mubahala • Event of Ghadir • Event of Saqifa Bani Sa'ida • Fadak • Events of Lady Fatima's House •Battle of Jamal • Battle of Siffin • Battle of Nahrawan• Event of Karbala • Hadith al-Thaqalayn • Ashab al-Kisa' • Tathir Verse • Killing Shi'as
Literature
Qur'an • Nahj al-balagha • al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya •The Four Books: (al-Istibsar • al-Kafi • Tahdhib al-ahkam • Kitab man la yahduruh al-faqih) • Mushaf of Fatima (a) • Mushaf Imam 'Ali (a) • Asrar-i al-i Muhammad • Wasa'il al-Shi'a • Bihar al-anwar • al-Ghadir • Mafatih al-jinan • Majma' al-bayan • al-Mizan • Other Books
Sects
Ithna 'Ashariyya [The only true path of Shi'a]
• Isma'iliyya • Zaydiyya • Kaysaniyya
Reference: http://en.wikishia.net/view/Imam_%27Ali_b._Abi_Talib_(a)