Shia ê Imamah

Chāi Shia I-su-lân tiong, Imamah (A-la-pek-gí: إمامة‎) sī chi̍t chióng kàu-gī, chú-tiong tī Muhammad sí liáu-āu, ū bó͘ chi̍t-koah-lâng thang hōng chiap-siū chòe ummah ê léng-siù hām hiòng-tō͘. ^[1]

Imām of Ummah
إمام
Incumbent
Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Mahdī - محمد بن الحسن المهدي for Twelvers Hazrat Ishaan and his descendants as Imams for Naqshbandi Sufi Muslims The living Imām Aga Khan for Nizārī Ismā'īlī Muslims Imāms for the Zaidis with no divine attributes Aṭ-Ṭayyib Abī'l-Qāṣim – الطيب أبو القاسم for Ṭāyyibī-Mustā‘lī Ismāʿīlī Muslims
Details
First monarch	Ali
Formation	632 (day of Muhammad’s death)

Tsù-kái

1. Nasr 2006, p. 38

Guā-pōo lên-ket

• Al-imamah (emamah) page Archived 2019-10-27 at the Wayback Machine.
• A brief introduction of Twelve Imams
• Shia Islam: History and Doctrines
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• A Brief History Of The Lives Of The Twelve Imams a chapter of Shi'ite Islam (book) by Allameh Tabatabaei
• "The Twelve Imams"—Taken from A Shi'ite Anthology by Allameh Tabatabaei
• A Short History of the Lives of The Twelve Imams
• Imamah in the Qur'an
• "Imam"—An article by Encyclopædia Britannica Online
• "Hojjat" Archived 2008-04-17 at the Wayback Machine. by Maria Dakake, an entry in the Encyclopædia Iranica
• Shia Islam – Ask Imam
• Shia Network Ahlulbayt Discussion Forums
• Twelve Successors
• Bay Area Shiite-Muslims Association (basma.us)
• Imamia Mission Bury
• Graphical illustration of the Shia sects
• The Shia Islamic Guide Archived 2019-08-25 at the Wayback Machine. (shiacode.com)
• Imamah in Sunni Islam
• Imamah according to Sunnis Archived 2019-08-25 at the Wayback Machine.