Shia Imams

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Islamic religious concept Shia Islamic doctrine element religious leadership office

Shia Imams are the divinely guided spiritual and political leaders in Shia Islam, regarded as the rightful successors to the Prophet Muhammad and sources of authoritative religious knowledge.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Imamate 2
Shiite Imams 1
Twelve Imams 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic religious concept ⓘ
Shia Islamic doctrine element ⓘ
religious leadership office ⓘ
areAssociatedWithDoctrine Imamate ⓘ
areAssociatedWithDoctrine Ismah (infallibility) NERFINISHED ⓘ
areAssociatedWithDoctrine Nass (explicit designation) ⓘ
Wilayah (guardianship) ⓘ
areBelievedToBe appointed by God ⓘ
designated by Prophet Muhammad or previous Imam ⓘ
infallible in religious matters by many Shia ⓘ
protected from major sin by many Shia ⓘ
areCentralTo Shia devotional practice ⓘ
Shia jurisprudence ⓘ
Shia theology ⓘ
areConnectedToBelief occultation of the twelfth Imam in Twelver Shia Islam ⓘ
return of the Mahdi NERFINISHED ⓘ
areConsidered final authorities in exegesis of the Qur’an in Shia thought ⓘ
models of piety and ethics ⓘ
areDistinguishedFrom Sunni concept of caliphate ⓘ
Sunni concept of scholarly consensus ⓘ
areLinkedTo Ahl al-Bayt NERFINISHED ⓘ
House of the Prophet NERFINISHED ⓘ
areRegardedAs divinely guided leaders ⓘ
rightful successors to Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
sources of authoritative religious knowledge ⓘ
areSeenAs continuation of prophetic authority without new revelation ⓘ
guardians of the inner meaning of the Qur’an ⓘ
interpreters of Sharia ⓘ
areSubjectOf Shia hadith collections ⓘ
Shia theological works ⓘ
areVeneratedIn Ismaili Shia Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Twelver Shia Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zaydi Shia Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstImam Ali ibn Abi Talib NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicOrigin Arabian Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ
haveLanguageOfScripture Arabic ⓘ
haveRole interpretation of revelation ⓘ
political leadership ⓘ
preservation of prophetic teachings ⓘ
spiritual leadership ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfOrigin 7th century CE ⓘ
influence Shia law (fiqh) ⓘ
Shia philosophy and mysticism ⓘ
numberOfImamsInIsmailiShia 7 ⓘ
numberOfImamsInTwelverShia 12 ⓘ
numberOfImamsInZaydiShia varies ⓘ
religion Shia Islam ⓘ
requirement descent from Prophet Muhammad through Fatimah and Ali in most Shia views ⓘ
title Imam ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Ziyarat → associatedWith → Shia Imams ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shiite Imams
Muhammad al-Baqir → category → Shia Imams ⓘ
Shia Sufism → centersOnFigure → Shia Imams ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Twelve Imams
Alids → linkedToConcept → Shia Imams ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imamate
Ghadir Khumm → linkedToConcept → Shia Imams ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imamate
Ithna Ashariyya → veneratesFigure → Shia Imams ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twelve Imams