imam
Leads congregational prayer
An imam is a Muslim religious leader, particularly one who leads prayers at a mosque.
In Sunni Islam, any knowledgeable Muslim may serve as imam for congregational prayer.
In Shia Islam, Imam (often capitalized) refers to one of the divinely appointed successors of Muhammad, a far more exalted role.
The imam delivered the Friday sermon.
Assembled group of worshippers
- communityCollective of connected people
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- believersThose having faith
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
counsel · authority · sheikh · mufti · wisdom · teaching · fatwa · scholar
Islamic house of worship
- minaretMosque tower with balcony
- salatIslamic obligatory prayer
- sunnahTraditional Islamic practice
- hadithRecorded prophetic narration
halal · hajj · zakat · tawhid · madrasa · ayatollah · mufti · sheikh
Address to deity
- salatIslamic obligatory prayer
- prostrationUtter physical or mental depletion
- recitationOral delivery from memory
- QuranIslam's central scripture
Shia jurisprudence master
congregation
Assembled group of worshippers
- communityCollective of connected people
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- believersThose having faith
guidance · counsel · authority · sheikh · mufti · wisdom · teaching · fatwa · scholar · jurisprudence
mosque
Islamic house of worship
hadith · halal · hajj · zakat · tawhid · madrasa · ayatollah · mufti · sheikh · fatwa
prayer
Address to deity
- salatIslamic obligatory prayer
- prostrationUtter physical or mental depletion
- recitationOral delivery from memory
ayatollah
Shia jurisprudence master
ayatollah
Shia jurisprudence master
- infallibilityIncapacity for mistakes
- successionFollowing in order
- Islamic Worldmosque, Allah, Muhammad, Mecca, Quran
- officiantsofficiant, wedding officiant, ordained minister, justice of the peace, wedding celebrant
- spiritual leaderspriest, priestess, high priest, high priestess, rabbi
- Shia IslamAli, Ali ibn Abi Talib, Hussein, Hussain, Hasan
- Islamic Politicscaliph, caliphate, emir, emirate, sultanate
- Islamic rolesmuezzin, mufti, qadi, sheikh, ayatollah
imamlayperson
Non-specialist or unordained person
congregant · worshipper · follower · parishioner · laity
imamsecularist
Advocate for nonreligious governance
atheist · politician · civil authority · agnostic · infidel