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'''Imamate''' (Arabic:{{ia| إمامة }}/Persian: {{ia|امامت}}) is the leadership of the Islamic society in all religious and worldly affairs. It is among the [[principles of Shi'a school]] and one of the points of difference between [[Shi'a]] and [[Sunni]]s. The importance of this principle among shi'a led them to be titled as [[Imamiyya]] due to their belief in Imamate. According to shi'a teachings, [[the Prophet (s)|the noble Prophet (s)]] made a lot of efforts to introduce his [[caliphate|caliph]] and the leader of Muslims after himself since the beginning of his mission. His efforts towards this aim began since his first public invitation by introducing [[Imam 'Ali (a)]] as his caliph and successor and continued until the last days of his life on the way back from [[Hajjat al-wida']] on [[Dhu l-Hijja 18]] in [[Event of Ghadir|Ghadir]].