Twelver Shia

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Islamic denomination branch of Shia Islam religious tradition

Twelver Shia is the largest branch of Shia Islam, distinguished by its belief in a line of twelve divinely appointed Imams culminating in the occulted Mahdi.

Aliases (8)

Statements (72)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic denomination → branch of Shia Islam → religious tradition →
alsoKnownAs	Imami Shia → Ithna Ashariyya → Twelver Shiism →
clergySystem	marjaʿiyya →
commemorates	Ashura → martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali at Karbala →
coreBelief	authority of the Ahl al-Bayt → designation of each Imam by the previous Imam → infallibility of the Imams → line of twelve divinely appointed Imams → occultation of the twelfth Imam → return of the Mahdi →
differsFrom	Ismaili Shia in number of Imams → Sunni Islam in doctrine of Imamate → Zaydi Shia in concept of infallible Imams →
doctrine	Adl → Imamate → Maʿad → Nubuwwa → Occultation → Tawhid → Wilayah →
eighthImam	Ali al-Rida →
eleventhImam	Hasan al-Askari →
eschatology	belief in return of the Mahdi to establish justice →
fifthImam	Muhammad al-Baqir →
finalImam	Muhammad al-Mahdi →
firstImam	Ali ibn Abi Talib →
foundedOnTeachingsOf	Ali ibn Abi Talib → Jaʿfar al-Sadiq →
fourthImam	Ali Zayn al-Abidin →
holyBook	Quran →
isBranchOf	Shia Islam →
isLargestBranchOf	Shia Islam →
jurisprudenceBasedOn	reasoning of qualified jurists →
languageOfScholarship	Arabic → Persian →
legalSchool	Jaʿfari fiqh →
majorPopulationIn	Azerbaijan → Bahrain → Iran → Iraq →
ninthImam	Muhammad al-Jawad →
numberOfImams	12 →
recognizesRoleOf	marjaʿ al-taqlid →
religion	Islam →
secondImam	Hasan ibn Ali →
seventhImam	Musa al-Kadhim →
significantMinorityIn	Afghanistan → India → Lebanon → Pakistan → Saudi Arabia →
sixthImam	Jaʿfar al-Sadiq →
tenthImam	Ali al-Hadi →
theologicalSchool	Akhbari → Shaykhi → Usuli →
thirdImam	Husayn ibn Ali →
twelfthImam	Muhammad al-Mahdi →
twelfthImamStatus	in occultation →
usesScripture	Al-Kafi → Nahj al-Balagha → Quran → hadith collections →
venerates	Ahl al-Bayt →
viewOnImams	Imams are sinless → Imams possess divinely granted knowledge →
viewOnLeadership	Imam is spiritual and temporal leader →

Referenced by (38)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Afsharid Empire ("Twelver Shia Islam") → Buyid dynasty ("Twelver Shia Islam") → Hazaras ("Twelver Shia Islam") → Mongol Ilkhanate ("Twelver Shia Islam") → Qajar Iran ("Twelver Shia Islam") → Safavid Empire ("Twelver Shia Islam") → Shah Tahmasp I ("Twelver Shia Islam") →	religion
Imambara complexes in Lucknow → Qutb Shahi dynasty ("Twelver Shia Islam") → Talysh ("Twelver Shia Islam") →	religiousAffiliation
Twelver Shia ("Twelver Shiism") → Twelver Shia ("Imami Shia") →	alsoKnownAs
Grand Ayatollah ("Twelver Shia Islam") → Ja'fari school ("Twelver Shia Islam") →	denomination
Ismaili Shia → Zaydi Shia →	differsFrom
Al-Istibsar ("Twelver Shia Islam") → al-Kafi ("Twelver Shia Islam") →	religiousTradition
Imam Husayn Shrine ("Twelver Shia Islam") →	associatedWith
Ahl al-Bayt ("Twelver Shia Islam") →	centralToDoctrineOf
Government of Iran ("Twelver Shia Islam") →	dominantDenomination
Ja'fari school ("Twelve Imams") →	followsLineOf
Shia Islam →	hasSubbranch
Ahl al-Bayt ("Twelve Imams") →	includesAccordingToShia
Al-Istibsar ("Imami Shia") →	IslamicSchool
Shia Islam →	largestSubbranch
Persian ("Twelver Shia Islam") →	majorBranchOfIslam
Government of Iran ("Twelver Jaʻfari school of Shia Islam") →	officialDenomination
Ja'fari school ("Twelver Shia Islam") →	principalSchoolIn
Iranian Azerbaijan ("Twelver Shia Islam") →	religionMajority
Al-Istibsar ("Twelver Shia scholars") →	religiousAuthorityFor
Hezbollah ("Twelver Shia Islam") →	religiousOrientation
Supreme Leader of Iran ("Twelver Shia Islam") →	religiousSchool
al-Kafi →	sectarianContext
Safavid Empire ("Twelver Shia Islam") →	stateReligion
Twelver Shia ("Shaykhi") →	theologicalSchool
Hasan ibn Ali ("Twelver Shia Islam") →	veneratedIn
Ja'fari school ("Imamate of the Twelve Imams") →	viewOnLeadership