History & overview · every faith gets one
Leadership belongs to the Prophet's house.
The branch holding that Muhammad designated Ali as his successor, and that divinely guided Imams from the Prophet's family carry the community's true leadership. Karbala — the martyrdom of Husayn — is its defining wound and teacher.
The founding
No single founder — Shia Islam accreted rather than began.
What it holds
The divine. One God.
Death and after. Judgment; garden or fire.
The line
descent is public here — where it came from, what left itBranches:
The Druze Faith — One God, seventy generations of silence. The Bahá'í Faith — One God, one human family, one unfolding revelation.