Alhassanain(p) Network for Heritage and Islamic Thought

The Beliefs of Shia Islam

This book is corrected and edited by Al-Hassanain (p) Institue for Islamic Heritage and Thought

• CHAPTER 1: 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
• CHAPTER 2: 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
• CHAPTER 3: 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
• CHAPTER 4: 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)
• CHAPTER 5: TEACHINGS FOR THE SHI'A FROM THE HOUSEHOLD OF THE PROPHET
• 34. The Doctrine Concerning du'a'
• 35. Themes in the ad'iyah from
• 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
• 41. The Imams call People to Islamic Unity
• 42. Doctrine of the Rights of Brotherhood between Muslims
• CHAPTER 6: ESCHATOLOGY
• 43. Doctrine of the Resurrection
• 44. Doctrine of Bodily Resurrection
• CHAPTER 7: APPENDIX
• CHAPTER 8: NOTES TO TEXT