Meir Michael Bar-Asher
- ḤORR-E ʿĀMELI
ḤORR-e ʿĀMELI, MOḤAMMAD B. ḤASAN b. ʿAli b. Ḥosayn ʿĀmeli, better known as Ḥorr-e ʿĀmeli (b. 8 Rajab 1033/26 April 1624,…
- EXEGESIS ii. In Shiʿism
EXEGESIS ii. In Shiʿism Shiʿite exegetes, perhaps even more than their Sunni counterparts, support their distinctive views by reference to…
- ḤAYYA ʿALĀ ḴAYR AL-ʿAMAL
ḤAYYA ʿALĀ ḴAYR AL-ʿAMAL, a religious formula, meaning “Come to the best of actions,” included in the call to prayer…
- FORĀT B. EBRĀHĪM
FORĀT B. EBRĀHĪM KŪFĪ, Shiʿite(most probably Imami) Qurʾān commentator and Hadith scholar. The dates of his birth and death are…
- NOṢAYRIS
NOṢAYRIS, followers of Nusayrism, a syncretistic religion with close affinity to Shiʿism, whose adherents live mostly in Syria and southeastern…