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{{Infobox religious group
| name = Shia Islam
| image = Meshed ali usnavy (PD).jpg
| caption = Ali's Tomb is one of the most important places for Shi'a Muslims
| founder = Followers of Ali ibn Abi Talib
| scripture = The Qur'an and Hadith
| subdivisions = Twelvers, Ismailis, Zaidis, Alawites, etc.
| practices = Salah, Zakat, Sawm, Hajj, Khums, Jihad, etc.
| beliefs = Tawhid, Adalah, Nubuwwah, Imamah, Qiyamah, etc.
| website = 
}}

'''Shia Islam''' ({{lang-ar|شِيعَةٌ
}}, {{lang-fa|شیعه}}) is the second largest branch of [[Islam]]. Shia Muslim believe that [[Prophet]] [[Muhammad]] under the command of God chose [[Ali]] as [[Caliph]] (or Successor) and publicly declared it during his last sermon after Hajj at Ghadir Khumm. Shi'a Muslims believe in the teachings of the [[Quran]] and the [[Prophet]] [[Muhammad]]'s family, whom they call the [[Ahl al-Bayt]]. The Shias think that the first three ruling [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] [[Caliph]]s had no importance to the development of the faith. The singular/adjective form is ''Shī'ī '' ({{lang|ar|شِيعِيٌّ}}) and means a follower.

Shi'a Islam, like [[Sunni Islam]], has at times been divided into many branches, however only three of these have a significant number of followers nowadays. The best known and the one with most adherents is [[Twelvers]] (''Ithnā 'ashariyya''), followed by the [[Ismaili]] and [[Zaidiyyah]].

== Other websites ==
* [http://www.shiacode.com/ Shia Code, the Shia Islamic Guide] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190825161911/http://www.shiacode.com/ |date=2019-08-25 }} 
* [http://dmoz.org/Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/Islam/Shia/ List of Shi'a websites] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211202324/http://www.dmoz.org/Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/Islam/Shia/ |date=2009-02-11 }}
* [http://www.al-islam.org/ Ahlul Bayt Digital Islamic Library Project] 
* [http://www.al-shia.com Al-Shia Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210317073727/https://www.al-shia.com/ |date=2021-03-17 }}

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