Home›Shia Islamic Sites›TraditionBrowse ByTraditionThis page groups sacred sites by the specific religion or culture that consecrated them. Wikipedia defines a sacred space as "a designated area, often marked by physical boundaries or symbols, that is considered holy or consecrated by a particular religion or culture." Browsing by tradition lets a visitor read every site belonging to one tradition together.FactsLearn MoreTraditionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedThe shrines of the Imams and of the Prophet's family, and the cities that grew around them. This group is not a geographic subset of the Islamic one but a distinct claim: these places are holy because of who is buried there and what authority that descent carries, which is the substance of the Sunni-Shia division rather than an incident of it. Collapsing the two groups would erase the point. 2Size of the Traditional SetWell-attestedFour: the Atabat, the "thresholds" - the shrine cities of Najaf, Karbala, Kadhimiya and Samarra in Iraq. Mashhad and Qom in Iran are major centres of pilgrimage and learning but are counted outside that set. 3DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedSacred Sites 1Learn MoreShia Islamic Sacred Sites This group holds sacred sites of particular importance to Shia Islam, above all the shrines of the Imams and members of the Prophet's family, which are major centres of pilgrimage and devotion. The shrine cities of Iraq and Iran hold the tombs of the Imams and figures such as Husayn. The browser will find the shrines and holy places central to Shia devotion. The entries describe each site's association with the Ahl al-Bayt and the Imams and its place in Shia pilgrimage.TraditionFilter Results1 entryAdherents Today MaximumAll2,000,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll2,000,000,000 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllIndependent Survey (1)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (1)Establishment StatusAllVaries by Province (1)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCodified Obligation With Consequences (1)Membership Figure As OfAll2010-01-01 (1)2011-01-27 (1)2020-01-01 (1)Origin Period End YearAll632 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll610 (1)Position on MarriageAllMarriage may licitly be polygynous (1)Position on SexualityAllSame-sex orientation or practice is held to bar full membership or participation (1)Position on UsuryAllInterest of any kind on a loan is forbidden (1)Practice StatusAllPartly restricted: some elements are closed to outsiders (1)Standard Rate ExpectedAllTwo and a half percent. (1)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (1)TheologyAllMonotheistic: one God (1)Show ResultsIslamTradition7 entriesSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. An Introduction to Shi'i Islam: The History and Doctrines of Twelver Shi'ismtier 1Moojan Momen, Yale University Press, 1985View the Source3. The Shi'is of Iraqtier 1Yitzhak Nakash, Princeton University Press, 1994Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.