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Twelver Shia - Part 4: Authority, Scholarship, and the Inheritance of Faith
When the last divinely appointed Imam vanishes from view, who speaks for the community? In Twelver Shia Islam, the answer is a tapestry of texts, scholars, institutions, and rituals—each woven to sustain the tradition through centuries of change. At the heart of Twelver Shia authority lies the Qur’an, revered as scripture by all Muslims. But the tradition’s unique texture comes from a vast body of hadith—reports attributed not only to the Prophet Muhammad but also to the twelve Imams.
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