Shia Islamic beliefs and practices
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Template:More sources needed Template:Twelvers Template:Shia Islam The beliefs and practices of Twelver Shia Islam are categorised into:
- Theology or Roots of the Religion - five beliefs
- Ancillaries of the Faith or Branches of the Religion - ten practices
Theological principles
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- Tawhid - the Oneness of God
- Adl "divine justice"
- Nubuwwah "prophethood"
- Imamate "leadership of Mankind"
- Resurrection of the dead
The Ancillaries of the Faith
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- Salat "ritual prayer"[1]
- Sawm "Fasting" during the month of Ramadan[1]
- Hajj "pilgrimage" to Mecca[1]
- Zakāt - charitable giving[1]
- Khums - a "Fifth" of specific kinds of income given to charity
- Jihad "struggle"
- Commanding right and forbidding wrong
- Forbidding what is evil
- Tawalla - love of faith and the chosen of God
- Tabarra - disassociation from enemies of the faith and God's chosen.