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Shia
00:01:52 1 Etymology
00:02:24 2 Terminology
00:03:36 3 Beliefs
00:03:45 3.1 Imamate
00:03:53 3.1.1 Succession of Ali
00:04:31 3.1.1.1 The event of Dhul Asheera
00:07:08 3.1.1.2 The event of Ghadir Khumm
00:08:39 3.1.2 Ali's caliphate
00:11:43 3.1.3 Hasan ibn Ali
00:12:44 3.1.4 Husayn
00:14:11 3.1.5 Imamate of the iAhl al-Bayt/i
00:18:12 3.1.6 Imam of the time, last Imam of the Shia
00:19:02 4 Theology
00:20:09 5 Hadith
00:20:47 6 Profession of faith
00:21:37 7 Infallibility
00:23:33 8 Occultation
00:24:35 9 Inheritance
00:25:50 10 History
00:27:58 11 North Africa
00:28:25 12 Iran and Caucasus
00:30:47 13 Arabian Peninsula
00:31:02 13.1 Bahrain
00:31:38 13.2 Yemen
00:32:14 14 Europe
00:32:33 15 Syria and Iraq
00:33:12 16 Asia Minor (Modern Turkey)
00:33:36 17 India
00:34:58 18 South-East Asia
00:35:20 19 East Africa
00:35:35 19.1 Fatimid caliphate
00:36:29 19.2 Safavids
00:37:45 20 Community
00:37:54 20.1 Demographics
00:40:24 20.1.1 Significant populations worldwide
00:40:45 20.2 Persecution
00:42:31 20.3 Holidays
00:44:51 20.4 Holy sites
00:45:53 21 Branches
00:46:17 21.1 Twelver
00:47:03 21.1.1 Doctrine
00:48:30 21.1.2 Books
00:49:04 21.1.3 The Twelve Imams
00:49:57 21.1.4 Jurisprudence
00:52:04 21.2 Zaidi ("Fiver")
00:52:35 21.2.1 Doctrine
00:53:46 21.2.2 Jurisprudence
00:54:18 21.2.3 Timeline
00:56:46 21.3 Ismaili
00:58:47 21.3.1 Ismaili imams
01:01:23 21.3.2 Pillars
01:01:42 21.3.3 Contemporary leadership
01:02:59 22 Other doctrines
01:03:08 22.1 Doctrine about necessity of acquiring knowledge
01:04:04 22.2 Doctrine concerning Du'a
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Shia (; Arabic: شيعة Shīʿah, from Shīʿatu ʿAlī, "adherent of Ali"), also transliterated Shiah and Shiʿah, is a branch of Islam which holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib as his successor and the Imam (leader) after him, most notably at the event of Ghadir Khumm, but was prevented from the caliphate as a result of the incident at Saqifah. This view primarily contrasts with that of Sunni Islam, whose adherents believe that Muhammad did not appoint a successor and consider Abu Bakr, who they claim was appointed Caliph through a Shura, i.e. community consensus in Saqifa, to be the first rightful Caliph after the Prophet.Unlike the first three Rashidun caliphs, Ali was from the same clan as Muhammad, Banu Hashim.Adherents of Shia Islam are called Shias of Ali, Shias or the Shi'a as a collective or Shi'i or Shi'ite individually. Shia Islam is the second largest branch of Islam: in 2009, Shia Muslims constituted 10% of the world's Muslim population. Twelver Shia (Ithnā'ashariyyah) is the largest branch of Shia Islam, with 2012 estimates saying that 85% of Shias were Twelvers.
Shia Islam is based on the Quran and the message of Muhammad attested in hadith, and on hadith taught by their Imams. Shia consider Ali to have been divinely appointed as the successor to Muhammad, and as the first Imam. The Shia also extend this Imammah doctrine to Muhammad's family, the Ahl al-Bayt ("the people/family of the House"), and some individuals among his descendants, known as Imams, who they believe possess special spiritual and political authority over the community, infallibility and other divinely ordained traits. Although there are many Shia subsects, modern Shia Islam has been divided into three main groupings: Twelvers, Ismailis and Zaidis, with Twelver Shia being the largest and most influential group among Shia.