Ithna Ashariyya

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branch of Shia Islam religious denomination

Ithna Ashariyya is the largest branch of Shia Islam, which believes in a line of twelve divinely appointed Imams as the spiritual and political successors to the Prophet Muhammad.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Ashari	1
Ithna Ashariyya canonical	1
Twelve Imams	1

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	branch of Shia Islam ⓘ religious denomination ⓘ
alternativeName	Twelver Shia ⓘ surface form: Imamiyyah Twelver Shia ⓘ surface form: Ithnā ʿAsharī Shīʿa Twelver Shia ⓘ
coreBelief	Imams as political successors to Prophet Muhammad ⓘ Imams as spiritual successors to Prophet Muhammad ⓘ belief in twelve divinely appointed Imams ⓘ expected return of the Mahdi ⓘ occultation of the twelfth Imam ⓘ
differsFrom	Ismaili Shia ⓘ Zaydi Shia ⓘ
doctrine	divinely designated leadership (imamate) ⓘ infallibility of the Imams ⓘ intercession of the Imams ⓘ rajʿa (return of some dead before the Day of Judgment) ⓘ
firstImam	Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
follows	Shia Islam ⓘ
hasPilgrimageSite	Karbala ⓘ Mashhad ⓘ Najaf ⓘ Qom ⓘ
holyBook	Quran ⓘ
isLargestBranchOf	Shia Islam ⓘ
lastImam	Muhammad al-Mahdi ⓘ
legalSchool	Ja'fari school ⓘ surface form: Jaʿfari fiqh
majorPopulationCenter	Azerbaijan ⓘ Bahrain ⓘ India ⓘ Iran ⓘ Iraq ⓘ Kuwait ⓘ Lebanon ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia ⓘ surface form: Saudi Arabia (Eastern Province)
numberOfImams	12 ⓘ
recognizesAsImam	Ali Zayn al-Abidin ⓘ Ali al-Hadi ⓘ Ali al-Rida ⓘ Hasan al-Askari ⓘ Hasan ibn Ali ⓘ Husayn ibn Ali ⓘ Ja'far al-Sadiq ⓘ surface form: Jaʿfar al-Sadiq Muhammad al-Baqir ⓘ Muhammad al-Jawad ⓘ Muhammad al-Mahdi ⓘ Imam Musa al-Kadhim ⓘ surface form: Musa al-Kazim
ritualPractice	commemoration of Ashura ⓘ mourning of Imam Husayn at Karbala ⓘ
sharesBeliefWith	other Shia branches ⓘ
theologicalSchool	Imami theology ⓘ
usesScripturalSource	al-Kafi ⓘ surface form: Al-Kafi Hadith collections ⓘ Nahj al-Balagha (attributed sermons and sayings) ⓘ surface form: Nahj al-Balagha
veneratesFigure	Ahl al-Bayt ⓘ Fatimah bint Muhammad ⓘ Shia Imams ⓘ surface form: Twelve Imams

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Twelver Shia → alsoKnownAs → Ithna Ashariyya ⓘ

Household of Muhammad → coreMembersInShiaView → Ithna Ashariyya ⓘ

this entity surface form: Twelve Imams

Ahmad Zarruq → creed → Ithna Ashariyya ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ashari