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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Shi'a and Their Beliefs The Creed of Shi!a and Sunna The world’s Muslims are divided into two groups – the Sh:!a who number more than 500 millions, and the Sunnis who make up the rest of the Muslims. There is no difference between the two groups regarding the three fundamentals of the religion which are: Belief in monotheism (taw9:d). Belief in prophethood (nubuwwah). Belief in the resurrection (ma!"d).

All Muslims believe in the existence of the one diety who is eternal and everlasting, all-knowing and all powerful, ever living and self subsisting, having no partner, and having all the beautiful attributes. All Muslims also believe that Alla>h sent rightly guided prophets to mankind as guides to direct them to the truth and to happiness in this world and the next, and that Mu9ammad ibn !Abdull"h (N) is the ‘seal’ or last of the prophets and that there is no prophet to come after him.

Similarly, all Muslims believe that when a person dies and his/her body perishes his/her soul (or spirit) remains and he/she will be brought back to life on the day of resurrection. Whoever has done good in the earthly life will be of the people of the garden of heaven and bliss, and whoever has done ill in the earthly life will be of the people of punishment and hellfire.

As for divine justice (!adl)15, the Sh:!a believe that Almighty Alla>h is just and does not wrong anyone and does not act without purpose.

And as for Imamate, the Sh:!a believe also that the Prophet of Islam Mu9ammad (N) appointed twelve successors and said: ‘The successors (khulaf"’) after me will be twelve.’16 He (N) also said: ‘Whoever dies without knowing the Imam (leader) of his time has died the death of the age of ignorance.’17 These twelve successors were named18 by the messenger of Alla>h (N) himself and they are, in order: Imam !Al: ibn AbY ھ"lib (Amir al-Mo’mineen) (a.s.). Imam .asan ibn !Al:. (al-Mujtab") (a.s.).

Imam .usayn ibn !Al: (Sayyid al-Shuhada>’) (a.s.). Imam !Al: ibn .usayn (al-Sajj"d) (a.s.). Imam Mu9ammad ibn !Al: (al-B"qir) (a.s.). Imam Ja!far ibn Mu9ammad (al-£"diq) (a.s.). Imam MYs" ibn Ja!far (al-K"dim) (a.s.). Imam !Al: ibn MYs" (al-Ri+") (a.s.). Imam Mu9ammad ibn !Al: (al-Jaw"d) (a.s.). Imam !Al: ibn Mu9ammad (al-H"d:) (a.s.). Imam .asan ibn !Al: (al-!Askar:) (a.s.). Imam Muh}ammad ibn .asan (al-Muntadar al-Mahd:) (a.s.).