Twelver Shia

E77897
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.

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All labels observed (21)

Label Occurrences
Twelver Shia Islam 82
Twelver Shia canonical 30
Imami Shia 4

Statements (72)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic denomination ⓘ
branch of Shia Islam ⓘ
religious tradition ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Twelver Shia ⓘ
surface form: Imami Shia

Ithna Ashariyya ⓘ
Twelver Shia ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Ja'far al-Sadiq ⓘ
surface form: 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 Ja'fari school ⓘ
surface form: 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 Ja'far al-Sadiq ⓘ
surface form: Jaʿfar al-Sadiq
tenthImam Ali al-Hadi ⓘ
theologicalSchool Akhbari ⓘ
Twelver Shia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Shaykhi

Usuli ⓘ
thirdImam Husayn ibn Ali ⓘ
twelfthImam Muhammad al-Mahdi ⓘ
twelfthImamStatus in occultation ⓘ
usesScripture al-Kafi ⓘ
surface form: Al-Kafi

Nahj al-Balagha (attributed sermons and sayings) ⓘ
surface form: 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 (141)

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

Shia Islam → hasSubbranch → Twelver Shia ⓘ
Shia Islam → largestSubbranch → Twelver Shia ⓘ
Supreme Leader → religiousSchool → Twelver Shia ⓘ
subject surface form: Supreme Leader of Iran
this entity surface form: Twelver Shia Islam
Hazaras → religion → Twelver Shia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twelver Shia Islam
Ja'fari school → denomination → Twelver Shia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twelver Shia Islam
Ja'fari school → followsLineOf → Twelver Shia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twelve Imams
Ja'fari school → principalSchoolIn → Twelver Shia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twelver Shia Islam
Ja'fari school → viewOnLeadership → Twelver Shia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imamate of the Twelve Imams
Hezbollah → religiousOrientation → Twelver Shia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twelver Shia Islam
Government of Iran → dominantDenomination → Twelver Shia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twelver Shia Islam
Government of Iran → officialDenomination → Twelver Shia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twelver Jaʻfari school of Shia Islam
Safavid Empire → religion → Twelver Shia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twelver Shia Islam
Safavid Empire → stateReligion → Twelver Shia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twelver Shia Islam
Iranian Azerbaijan → religionMajority → Twelver Shia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twelver Shia Islam
Qajar Iran → religion → Twelver Shia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twelver Shia Islam
Mongol Ilkhanate → religion → Twelver Shia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twelver Shia Islam
Imambara complexes in Lucknow → religiousAffiliation → Twelver Shia ⓘ
Zaydi Shia → differsFrom → Twelver Shia ⓘ
Hasan ibn Ali → veneratedIn → Twelver Shia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twelver Shia Islam
Persian → majorBranchOfIslam → Twelver Shia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twelver Shia Islam
Qutb Shahi dynasty → religiousAffiliation → Twelver Shia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twelver Shia Islam
Afsharid Empire → religion → Twelver Shia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twelver Shia Islam
Twelver Shia → alsoKnownAs → Twelver Shia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twelver Shiism
Twelver Shia → alsoKnownAs → Twelver Shia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imami Shia
Twelver Shia → theologicalSchool → Twelver Shia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shaykhi
Ahl al-Bayt → includesAccordingToShia → Twelver Shia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twelve Imams
Ahl al-Bayt → centralToDoctrineOf → Twelver Shia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twelver Shia Islam
al-Kafi → religiousTradition → Twelver Shia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twelver Shia Islam
al-Kafi → sectarianContext → Twelver Shia ⓘ
Al-Istibsar → religiousTradition → Twelver Shia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twelver Shia Islam
Al-Istibsar → IslamicSchool → Twelver Shia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imami Shia
Al-Istibsar → religiousAuthorityFor → Twelver Shia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twelver Shia scholars
Grand Ayatollah → denomination → Twelver Shia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twelver Shia Islam
Ismaili Shia → differsFrom → Twelver Shia ⓘ
Imam Husayn Shrine → associatedWith → Twelver Shia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twelver Shia Islam
Shah Tahmasp I → religion → Twelver Shia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twelver Shia Islam
Buyid dynasty → religion → Twelver Shia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twelver Shia Islam
Talysh → religiousAffiliation → Twelver Shia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twelver Shia Islam
Rahbar → associatedWithSect → Twelver Shia ⓘ
Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran → religiousSchool → Twelver Shia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twelver Shia Islam
Assembly of Experts → religiousSchool → Twelver Shia ⓘ
Ruhollah Khomeini → denomination → Twelver Shia ⓘ
Al-Kadhimiya Mosque → associatedWith → Twelver Shia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twelver Shia Islam
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi → religiousDenomination → Twelver Shia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twelver Shia Islam
Henry Corbin → mainInterest → Twelver Shia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twelver Shi'ism
Aimak → religion → Twelver Shia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twelver Shia Islam
Mulla Sadra → denomination → Twelver Shia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twelver Shia Islam
Akhbari → religiousTradition → Twelver Shia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twelver Shia Islam
Bektashi order → influencedBy → Twelver Shia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twelver Shia Islam
Alevism → coreFigure → Twelver Shia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twelver Imams