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If you already have the overall structure in hand from “Fourteen Infallibles Lesson Plan for Schools”, this post fills it out with the practical part: six specific activities you can run directly in a religious education, moral education, or Qur’an class, none of which require heavy preparation the night before. 1. Map the Hijra Route […]
A downloadable PDF version of this lesson plan is being prepared separately; everything you need to run it in class is already laid out below. If you teach religious education, moral education, or Qur’an studies and want to introduce the Fourteen Infallibles to your students in a way that’s engaging and non-preachy, this lesson plan […]
This post covers only the literal meaning and calendar of “Ghadir Day.” For the full story of what happened at Ghadir Khumm and why it matters, see the separate post “What Happened at Ghadir Khumm?” in this magazine. “Ghadir Day,” also called “Eid al-Ghadir,” is the name given to the 18th of Dhul Hijjah — […]
“Ismah” means being protected from sin and error — a quality Shia Islam attributes to Prophet Muhammad, his daughter Fatima al-Zahra, and each of the Twelve Imams. It’s why these fourteen figures together are known as “the Infallibles” (ma’sumin). Where the Word Comes From Ismah comes from the Arabic root ‘a-s-m, meaning to hold onto […]
In Twelve-Imam Shia belief, “imamate” is the position of religious and worldly leadership that passed, one Imam at a time, from Prophet Muhammad to each of the Twelve Imams — not through a vote of the community, but through direct appointment by God, announced by the Prophet himself. Where the Word Comes From Imamate comes […]
The Islamic lunar calendar doesn’t give the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday a single, agreed-upon date. Most Sunni Muslims observe it on 12 Rabi al-Awwal; Shia Muslims observe it five days later, on 17 Rabi al-Awwal — a date that, in Shia tradition, is also the birthday of Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq, the sixth of the Twelve Imams. […]
In the Islamic lunar calendar and Shia tradition, 8 Rabi al-Awwal marks the martyrdom of Imam Hasan al-Askari, the eleventh Shia Imam and father of Imam al-Mahdi — a man who spent nearly his entire time as Imam in Samarra, under the direct watch of the Abbasid caliphate. This year (1448 AH), the date falls […]
Yazid’s father was Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan (Muawiya I), founder and first caliph of the Umayyad dynasty. Yazid — whose full name was Yazid ibn Muawiya — became the second Umayyad caliph in 680 CE after his father’s death, and it was under his rule that Imam Husayn, the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, was killed at […]
In the Islamic lunar calendar, 1 Rabi al-Awwal marks the night historical sources describe as the start of the Hijra — Prophet Muhammad’s migration from Mecca to Yathrib (present-day Medina), the very journey that would later become the starting point of the Islamic calendar itself. This year (1448 AH), the date falls on Friday, August […]
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