Fourteen infallible
The Fourteen Infallible ( Arabic المعصومون الأربعة عشر, DMG al-maʿṣūmūn al-arbaʿat ʿaschara , Persian چهارده معصوم, DMG čahār-dah maʿṣūm ) of the Twelve Shiites (Imamites) are a group of people whose members are considered to be "free from error and sin" in the Shiite faith. According to the concept of Isma , they are considered infallible. These are the prophet Mohammed , his daughter Fatima and the twelve imams .
The 12th Imam, Muhammad al-Mahdī , lives in secrecy according to Shiite beliefs (غيبة, ġaiba ).
Overview
- Mohammed
- ʿAlī ibn Abī Tālib
- Fatima
- Hasan ibn īAlī
- Hussain ibn Alī
- ʿAlī ibn Husain Zain al-ʿĀbidīn
- Muhammad al-Bāqir
- Jafar as-Sādiq
- Mūsā ibn Jafar al-Kāzim
- ʿAlī ibn Mūsā ar-Ridā
- Muhammad al-Jawad
- ʿAlī al-Hādī an-Naqī
- Hasan al-Askari
- Muhammad al-Mahdī
Individual evidence
- ↑ Halm, p. 33
literature
- Heinz Halm: The Shiites . CH Beck, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-406-50858-8 .