Ali ibn Abi Talib
deity Islamic single tradition · 1
Ali ibn Abi Talib is one of the panjtan or Ahl al-Kisa. The hand can be identified as the hand of Ali ibn Abi Talib. The Imams may be described as the "hand of God", which lets the hamsa retain sacral agency without contradicting doctrine.
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- Abbas ibn Ali, Fatima al-Zahra
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“In Shia Islam, the hamsa is reinterpreted through devotion to the Ahl al-Bayt. The five fingers are read as the panjtan or Ahl al-Kisa (Muhammad, Ali ibn Abi Talib, Fatimah bint Muhammad, Hasan ibn Ali, Husayn ibn Ali), so the hand works as a visual shorthand for Shi'i imamology”
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