Shia Islamic beliefs and practices

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

 * Tawhid - the Oneness of God
 * Adl "divine justice"
 * Nubuwwah "prophethood"
 * Imamate "leadership of Mankind"
 * Mi'ad "Resurrection" of the dead

The Ancillaries of the Faith

 * Salat "ritual prayer"
 * Sawm "Fasting" during the month of Ramadan
 * Hajj "pilgrimage" to Mecca
 * Zakāt - charitable giving
 * 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.