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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Shiite, Shi'ite, Shiite Muslim, Shi'ite Muslim, Shia Muslimnoun

    a member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs

Wiktionary

  1. Shiitenoun

    A member of the Shi'a branch of Islam.

  2. Shiiteadjective

    Of, or relating to Shiites or the Shi'a branch of Islam.

  3. Shiiteadjective

    Of, or relating the Shi'a branch of Islam.

Wikipedia

  1. shiite

    Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his successor (khalīfa) and the Imam (spiritual and political leader) after him, most notably at the event of Ghadir Khumm, but was prevented from succeeding Muhammad as the leader of the Muslims as a result of the choice made by some of Muhammad's other companions (ṣaḥāba) at Saqifah. This view primarily contrasts with that of Sunnī Islam, whose adherents believe that Muhammad did not appoint a successor before his death and consider Abū Bakr, who was appointed caliph by a group of senior Muslims at Saqifah, to be the first rightful (rāshidūn) caliph after Muhammad. Adherents of Shīʿa Islam are called Shīʿa Muslims, Shīʿītes, or simply Shīʿa or Shia.Shīʿa Islam is based on a ḥadīth report concerning Muhammad's pronouncement at Ghadir Khumm. Shīʿa Muslims believe that ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Muhammad's cousin and son-in-law, should have been the designated successor to Muhammad as Islam's spiritual and political leader. This belief later developed into the concept of Imamah, the idea that certain descendants of Muhammad, the Ahl al-Bayt, are rightful rulers or Imams, whom Shīʿa Muslims believe possess special spiritual and political authority over the Muslim community. Although there are many Shīʿa subsects, modern Shīʿa Islam has been divided into two main groupings: Twelvers and Ismāʿīlīs, with Twelver Shīʿas being the largest and most influential group among Shīʿa Muslims.Shīʿa Islam is the second largest branch of Islam, followed by 10–15% of all Muslims. Twelver Shīʿīsm is the largest branch of Shīʿa Islam, comprising about 85% of all Shīʿa Muslims.

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  1. shiite

    The term Shiite, also Shiite Muslim, refers to one of the two main branches of Islam, the other one being Sunni Islam. It is based on the belief that the Prophet Muhammad's son-in-law, Ali, was his legitimate successor. Shia Islam primarily upholds the spiritual and political leadership of Imams, who are supposed to be descendants of Ali. Shia Muslims make up a minority of the Muslim population globally, with majority populations in countries such as Iran and Iraq.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Shiitenoun

    alt. of Shiah

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Shiite

    shē′īt, n. the same as Shiah (q.v.).—adj. Shiit′ic.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of shiite in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of shiite in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of shiite in a Sentence

  1. Yasir Qadhi:

    Whatever anyone does in their private life is not our business, i am never going to single out anyone in sermons for any sinful conduct. At the same time, in the mosque I am a part of, there is a clear red line : They can not preach onto others that this is part of Shiite Islam, the same way I would not let a person sell liquor on our property.

  2. Bill Roggio:

    While the Iraqi government should work to hold the Islamic State accountable for its crimes against humanity, a full accountability would include crimes committed by Iranian-backed Shiite militias and Iraqi security forces, a one sided inquiry will only fuel Sunni alienation at the hands of the Shia-led and Iranian influenced Iraqi government.

  3. Josh Lipowsky:

    Ghaani has a history of ties in Afghanistan dating back to the 1980s when he helped arm and support Shiite communities there on behalf of Iran.

  4. Army Gen. Lloyd Austin:

    I will not and I hope we will never coordinate or cooperate with Shiite militias.

  5. Iraj Harirchi:

    Qassem Soleimani said. That was under Irans Shiite shah, toppled in the 1979 revolution. But even after, Iran fought off other outbreaks, and its hospitals, doctors and nurses are known as some of the best in the wider Middle East, with a network of clinics from villages to big cities. However, the system appears to be stretching at the seams, with online videos purporting to show field hospitals going up. Meanwhile, Irans Shiite 80 million people, whose sense of high risk has been dulled by years of international isolation, crowd into grocery stores and butcher shops, suspicious of anything in the state media. Nowruz, the Persian New Year, looms on Friday, a holiday when millions travel. The government repeatedly has stopped short of ordering any major travel restrictions. It hasnt explained why, but there could be worry about further angering its people or slowing down its anemic, sanctions-hurt economy. Online videos show Iranians ignoring government demands to stay home and moving instead toward the coast of the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf. Residents of hard-hit Rasht, on Irans Shiite coast, have threatened to attack out-of-towners. We expect that, God willing, we can contain the rising trend of the disease, not the disease itself, by March 26, but I say this very frankly : if the great people dont cooperate, the disease will continue to be there until late May or even in June, and turn into a huge crisis. CLICK HERE FOR MORE CORONAVIRUS COVERAGE And the man who once called quarantines a thing of the past added :.

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