Shia Islamic Beliefs and Practices

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Part of a series on the Islamic creed: Aqidah

Five Pillars of Islam

Shahādah - Profession of faith Salah - Prayer Zakâh - Paying of alms (giving to the poor) Sawm - Fasting during Ramadan Hajj - Pilgrimage to Mecca

Sunni Six articles of belief

Tawhīd - Oneness Nabi and Rusul - Prophets and Messengers Kutub - Divinely Revealed Books. Malā'ikah - Angels Qiyâmah - Judgment Day Qadr (Predestination)

Shi'a Twelver Principles of the Religion (Usul al-Din)

Tawhīd - Oneness Adalah - Justice Nubuwwah - Prophethood Imamah - Leadership Qiyâmah - Judgment Day

Shi'a Twelver Practices of the Religion (Furu al-Din)

Salah - Prayer Sawm - Fasting during Ramadan Hajj - Pilgrimage to Mecca Zakâh - Poor-rate Khums - One-fifth tax Jihad - Struggle Amr-Bil-Ma'rūf - Commanding good Nahi-Anil-Munkar - Forbidding evil Tawalla - Loving the Ahl al-Bayt Tabarra - Disassociating Ahl al-Bayt's enemies

Shi'a Ismaili 7 pillars

Walayah - Guardianship Taharah - Purity & cleanliness Salah - Prayers Zakâh - Purifying religious dues Sawm - Fasting during Ramadan Hajj - Pilgrimage to Mecca Jihad - Struggle

Others

Kharijite Sixth Pillar of Islam. This box: view • talk • edit

The beliefs and practices of Shia Islam are categorised into:

• Usool-ad-Deen (Roots of the Religion) - five Shi'a Islamic beliefs
• Furoo-ad-Deen (Branches of the Religion) - ten Shi'a Islamic practices

In Sunni Islam, the most fundamental aspects are categorized as the Five Pillars of Islam.

[edit] The Usool-ad-Deen (Principles of the Religion)

• Tawheed (The Oneness of God)
• Adl (The Justice of God)
• Nubuwwah (Prophethood)
• Imamah (Leadership of Mankind)
• Mi'ad (The Resurrection)

[edit] The Furoo-ad-Deen (Secondary Principles of the Religion)

• Salah ("Prayer" - performing the five daily prayers)
• Sawm ("Fast" - fasting during the month of Ramadan)
• Hajj ("Pilgrimage" - performing the pilgrimage to Mecca)
• Zakat ("Poor-rate" - paying the poor rate)
• Khums ("One-fifth" - paying tax on one-fifth of financial gain)
• Jihad ("Struggle" - struggling to please God)
• Amr-Bil-Ma'roof ("Enjoin what is good")
• Nahi-Anil-Munkar ("Forbid what is wrong")
• Tawalla (To love the Ahl-ul-Bayt and their followers)
• Tabarra (To hate the enemies of the Ahl-ul-Bayt)
• Taghiyeh (To conceal one's beliefs to save one's life)