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Shia (n.): also Shiah, 1620s, a collective name for one of the two great Muslim sects, from Arabic shi'ah "partisans, followers, sect, company, faction" (from sha'a "to follow"). This is the proper use, but it commonly is used in English to mean "a Shiite." In Arabic, shi'ah is the name of the sect, shiya'iy is a member of the sect.

The branch of Islam that recognizes Ali, Muhammad's son-in-law, as the lawful successor of the Prophet; the minority who believed, after the death of the Prophet, that spiritual and political authority followed his family line, as opposed to the Sunni, who took Abu Bakr as the political leader of the community. The Arabic name is short for Shi'at Ali "the party of Ali."

穆斯林两大派别之一，来自阿拉伯语 shi'ah,追随者，缩写自 Shi'ah Ali,字面意思即穆罕默德的女婿，先知的合法继承人 Ali 的追随者。比较另一个派别 Sunni,逊尼派。

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