Shia means
The word "Shia" in Arabic means the followers and companions. And in terms it means as county "Shiite are those who does follow only Imam Ali peace on him and they believe in his Imamate and caliphate through text and they say that Imamate does not leave him without oppression. in the holy Qur'an in many cases the Shiite means as followers and companions of the Prophet's sayings and word meaning followers of Imam Ali peace on him and his friends and we should believe that Shia in Shiite sources does not have more than one meaning, and it is the one who is beliefs to the succession of Imam Ali peace on him and his eleven children and stiffness.
