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Imāma (The Imāmate)

The Shīʿī doctrine that leadership of the community belongs by divine designation to the Imams from the ahl al-bayt.

The Shīʿī doctrine that leadership of the community belongs by divine designation to the Imams from the ahl al-bayt.

How it traveled

  1. Fusul Mukhtara
    Baghdad · 1022
    explains
  2. Ikhtisas
    Baghdad · 1022
    explains
  3. Irshad
    Baghdad · 1022
    applies
  4. Shafi Fi Imama
    Karbala · 1044
    explains
  5. Muqnic Fi Ghayba
    Karbala · 1044
    explains
  6. Fadaih
    Gorgan (Jurjan) · 1111
    explains
  7. Kitab Alfayn
    Maragha · 1325
    explains
  8. Imama
    Harran · 1328
    explains

Key passages(20)

REF ref-muhammad-husayn-tabatabai-shi-ite-islam

Shi'ite Islam · Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i

Citation only · not on Sefaria
Very high

Mafatih Asrar · al-Shahrastani

Very high

Nafic Yawm Hashr · al-'Allama al-Hilli

Very high

Ahkam Nisa · al-Mufid

Very high

Ahkam Nisa · Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Very high

Arbacin Fi Usul Din · Fakhr al-Din al-Razi

Very high

Awail Maqalat · al-Mufid

Very high

Bab Hadi Cashar · al-'Allama al-Hilli

Very high

Fadaih · al-Ghazali

Very high

Fisal Fi Milal · Ibn Hazm

Very high

Fusul Mukhtara · al-Mufid

Very high

Futuhat Makkiyya · Ibn Arabi

Very high

Ghiyath Umam · Imam al-Haramayn al-Juwayni

Very high
Imama 404explains

Imama · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high

Irshad · al-Mufid

Very high

Jumal Cilm · al-Sharif al-Murtada

Very high

Kashf Murad · al-'Allama al-Hilli

Very high

Kitab Alfayn · al-'Allama al-Hilli

Very high

Mafatih Ghayb · Fakhr al-Din al-Razi

Very high

Majmucat Rasail · al-Ghazali

Very high

Modern teachers who discuss this idea

Modern and living teachers whose books take up Imāma (The Imāmate). These works are still in copyright, so we can’t show the text here — each links out to the book.