Editing Shia Islam (section)

=== Profession of faith (''Shahada'') ===
[[File:Kalema-tut-shahadat.jpg|thumb|left|Kalema at [[Qibla]] of the [[Mosque of Ibn Tulun]] in [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]], displaying the phrase ''Ali-un-Waliullah'' ({{lang|ar|علي ولي الله}}: "ʿAlī is the ''[[Wali]]'' (custodian) of [[God in Islam|God]]").]]

The Shīʿīte version of the ''[[Shahada]]'' ({{Langx|ar|الشهادة‎}}), the Islamic profession of faith, differs from that of the [[Sunni Islam|Sunnīs]].<ref name="Shahada">{{cite web |url=http://www.mideastweb.org/Middle-East-Encyclopedia/shahada.htm |title=Encyclopedia of the Middle East |publisher=Mideastweb.org |date=14 November 2008 |access-date=4 May 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110512174339/http://www.mideastweb.org/Middle-East-Encyclopedia/shahada.htm |archive-date=12 May 2011}}</ref> The Sunnī version of the ''Shahada'' states ''La ilaha illallah, Muhammadun rasulullah'' ({{Langx|ar|لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا الله مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ الله|lit=There is no god except God, Muhammad is the messenger of God}}), but in addition to this declaration of faith Shīʿa Muslims add the phrase ''Ali-un-Waliullah'' ({{Langx|ar|علي ولي الله|lit=Ali is the friend of God}}). The basis for the Shīʿīte belief in ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as the ''Wali'' of God is derived from the Qur'anic verse {{qref|5|55}}.

This additional phrase to the declaration of faith embodies the Shīʿīte emphasis on the inheritance of authority through [[Ahl al-Bayt|Muhammad's family and lineage]]. The three clauses of the Shīʿīte version of the ''Shahada'' thus address the fundamental Islamic beliefs of ''[[Tawhid|Tawḥīd]]'' ({{Langx|ar|تَوْحِيد|lit=oneness of God}}), ''[[Prophets and messengers in Islam|Nubuwwah]]'' ({{Langx|ar|نبوة|lit=prophethood}}), and ''[[Imamate in Shia doctrine|Imamah]]'' ({{Langx|ar|إمامة|lit=Imamate or leadership}}).<ref>{{Cite web|date=2010-12-09|title=اضافه شدن نام حضرت علی (ع) به شهادتین|url=https://article.tebyan.net/145755|access-date=2021-08-28|website=fa}}</ref>