The faith of shi'a islam
table of contents
main
introduction
1. doctrine of the necessity
for seeking knowledge
2. doctrine of the necessity
for imitation (taqlid) in the
various branches of the
religion (furu' ad-din)
3. doctrine of the necessity
for juristic reasoning
4. doctrine concerning the
position of mujtahid
tawhid
5. doctrine of belief in allah
6. doctrine of divine unity
(tawhid)
7. doctrine of the attributes
of allah
8. doctrine of the justice of
allah
9. doctrine of the commands
of allah
10. doctrine of al-qada'
(predetermination) and
al-qadar (divine decree)
11. doctrine of bada'
12. doctrine of religious
ordinances
the prophethood
13. doctrine of prophethood
14. prophecy is from divine
grace (lutf)
15. doctrine of prophetic
miracles
16. doctrine of the
infallibility of the prophets
17. doctrine of the
attributes of the prophet
18. doctrine of the prophets
and their books
19. doctrine of belief in islam
20. doctrine of the lawgiver
of islam
21. belief in the qur'an
22. the proof of islam and
the previous religions
the imamate
23. doctrine of the imamate
24. doctrine of the
infallibility of the imam
25. doctrine of the
attributes of the imam
and knowledge of the imam
26. doctrine of obedience
to the imams
27. doctrine of love for
the household of the prophet
28. our belief in the imams
29. the imamate must be
from allah
30. doctrine of the number
of the imams
31. doctrine of the mahdi
32. doctrine of the return
(raj'ah)
33. doctrine of
dissimulation (taqiyyah)
teachings for
the shi'a from
the household
of the prophet
34. the doctrine concerning
du'a'
35. themes in the ad'iyah
from as-sahifat as-sajjadiyyah
36 our belief in pilgrimage
(ziyarah) to the holy shrines
37. the meaning of "shi'a"
in the opinion of the
household of the prophet
38. the avoidance of
oppression
39. doctrine of non-
cooperation with oppressors
40. doctrine of
non-participation in
oppressive government
41. the imams call people
to islamic unity
42. doctrine of the rights
of brotherhood between
muslims
eschatology
43. doctrine of the
resurrection
44. doctrine of bodily
resurrection
appendix
notes to text
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