Shia Islam
E14524
Shia Islam is one of the two main branches of Islam, distinguished by its belief in the spiritual and political leadership of the Prophet Muhammad’s family, particularly Ali and his descendants.
All labels observed (14)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shia Islam canonical | 528 |
| Shia Muslims | 54 |
| Shi'a Islam | 10 |
| Shia | 5 |
| Shi’a Islam | 4 |
| Shiism | 3 |
| Alevism | 2 |
| Imamate | 1 |
| Isma'ili Islam | 1 |
| Shi'a | 1 |
| Shi'ism | 1 |
| Shia Islam in Iraq | 1 |
| Shia Muslim | 1 |
| Shia Muslim world | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T66889 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shia Islam Context triple: [Islam, majorBranch, Shia Islam]
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A.
Sunni Islam
Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam, characterized by its emphasis on the Sunnah (traditions) of the Prophet Muhammad and recognition of the first four caliphs as his rightful successors.
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B.
Islam
Islam is a major monotheistic Abrahamic religion centered on the belief in one God (Allah) and the prophethood of Muhammad, whose teachings are recorded in the Quran.
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C.
Druze
The Druze are a small, monotheistic religious and ethnonational community originating in the Levant, known for their esoteric beliefs, strong communal cohesion, and significant presence in Lebanon, Syria, and Israel.
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D.
Sharia
Sharia is the body of Islamic religious law derived primarily from the Quran and the teachings and practices of the Prophet Muhammad, guiding both personal conduct and aspects of public and legal life in Muslim communities.
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E.
Sufism
Sufism is the mystical and spiritual dimension of Islam that emphasizes inner purification, direct experience of the divine, and a path of love and devotion to God.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shia Islam Target entity description: Shia Islam is one of the two main branches of Islam, distinguished by its belief in the spiritual and political leadership of the Prophet Muhammad’s family, particularly Ali and his descendants.
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A.
Sunni Islam
Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam, characterized by its emphasis on the Sunnah (traditions) of the Prophet Muhammad and recognition of the first four caliphs as his rightful successors.
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B.
Islam
Islam is a major monotheistic Abrahamic religion centered on the belief in one God (Allah) and the prophethood of Muhammad, whose teachings are recorded in the Quran.
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C.
Druze
The Druze are a small, monotheistic religious and ethnonational community originating in the Levant, known for their esoteric beliefs, strong communal cohesion, and significant presence in Lebanon, Syria, and Israel.
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D.
Sharia
Sharia is the body of Islamic religious law derived primarily from the Quran and the teachings and practices of the Prophet Muhammad, guiding both personal conduct and aspects of public and legal life in Muslim communities.
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E.
Sufism
Sufism is the mystical and spiritual dimension of Islam that emphasizes inner purification, direct experience of the divine, and a path of love and devotion to God.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (68)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
branch of Islam
ⓘ
religious denomination ⓘ |
| additionalObligation | khums ⓘ |
| believesIn |
Day of Judgment
ⓘ
Prophethood of Muhammad ⓘ angels ⓘ divine revelation ⓘ one God (Allah) ⓘ |
| centralEventOfPiety | Battle of Karbala ⓘ |
| commemorates |
Ashura
ⓘ
martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali ⓘ |
| coreBelief |
Shia Islam
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Imamate
infallibility of the Imams in religious matters ⓘ leadership of the Muslim community belongs to Ali ibn Abi Talib and his descendants ⓘ |
| differsFromSunniIn |
doctrine of succession to Muhammad
ⓘ
role and authority of the Imams ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| emphasizes | Ahl al-Bayt ⓘ |
| expects | return of the Mahdi ⓘ |
| follows |
Quran
ⓘ
surface form:
Qur'an
Sunnah ⓘ
surface form:
Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad
|
| hasClericalStructure | marja'iyya (system of religious authorities) ⓘ |
| hasConcept | occultation of the Mahdi ⓘ |
| hasSubbranch |
Ismaili Shia
ⓘ
Twelver Shia ⓘ Zaydi Shia ⓘ |
| historicalOriginPeriod | 7th century ⓘ |
| holyBook |
Quran
ⓘ
surface form:
Qur'an
|
| keyConcept |
love and loyalty to Ahl al-Bayt
ⓘ
wilayah (guardianship of the Imams) ⓘ |
| languageOfScripture | Classical Arabic ⓘ |
| largestSubbranch | Twelver Shia ⓘ |
| legalSchool |
Ja'fari school
ⓘ
surface form:
Ja'fari jurisprudence
|
| majorBranchOf | Islam ⓘ |
| majorityReligionIn |
Azerbaijan
ⓘ
Bahrain ⓘ Iran ⓘ Iraq ⓘ |
| originRegion | Arabian Peninsula ⓘ |
| populationShareOfMuslims | minority ⓘ |
| primaryJurisprudentialSchool | Ja'fari school ⓘ |
| recognizesAsSuccessorToMuhammad | Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ |
| recognizesTitle |
Ayatollah
ⓘ
Grand Ayatollah ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| ritualPractice |
almsgiving (zakat and khums)
ⓘ
fasting in Ramadan ⓘ five daily prayers ⓘ pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj) ⓘ |
| sharesWithSunni |
belief in the Five Pillars of Islam
ⓘ
belief in the Qur'an ⓘ |
| significantMinorityIn |
India
ⓘ
Lebanon ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ Yemen ⓘ |
| theologicalFocus |
divinely appointed leadership
ⓘ
justice of God (al-'adl) ⓘ |
| usesHadithCollections |
Al-Istibsar
ⓘ
Al-Istibsar ⓘ
surface form:
Man la yahduruhu al-Faqih
al-Kafi ⓘ
surface form:
Tahdhib al-Ahkam
al-Kafi ⓘ |
| venerates |
Ahl al-Bayt
ⓘ
Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ Fatimah bint Muhammad ⓘ Hasan ibn Ali ⓘ Husayn ibn Ali ⓘ |
| viewsAliAs |
first Imam
ⓘ
rightful successor to Prophet Muhammad ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Shia Islam Description of subject: Shia Islam is one of the two main branches of Islam, distinguished by its belief in the spiritual and political leadership of the Prophet Muhammad’s family, particularly Ali and his descendants.
Referenced by (613)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Shia Muslims
subject surface form:
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this entity surface form:
Shia Muslims
this entity surface form:
Shi'a Islam
subject surface form:
Northern Pakistan
this entity surface form:
Shia Muslims
this entity surface form:
Shi'a Islam
subject surface form:
Ali Shariati
this entity surface form:
Shi'a Islam
this entity surface form:
Shi'a Islam
subject surface form:
Reza Pahlavi