Zaydi Shia

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Islamic school of thought branch of Shia Islam religious denomination

Zaydi Shia is a branch of Shia Islam centered historically in Yemen, distinguished by its recognition of Zayd ibn Ali as the rightful imam and by legal and theological views that are relatively close to Sunni jurisprudence.

Aliases (5)

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic school of thought → branch of Shia Islam → religious denomination →
alsoKnownAs	Zaydi Islam → Zaydism →
associatedDynasty	Rassid dynasty → Zaydi Imamate in Yemen →
associatedWithMovement	Houthi movement →
differsFrom	Ismaili Shia → Twelver Shia →
doctrineOnImamate	imam must rise against unjust rulers → imamate may belong to any qualified descendant of Hasan or Husayn →
foundedBy	followers of Zayd ibn Ali →
hadStateFrom	9th century →
hadStateUntil	1962 →
hasCentralFigure	Zayd ibn Ali →
hasCommunityIn	Central Asia → India → Iran → Iraq → Jizan region → Kuwait → Najran region → Pakistan → Saudi Arabia →
hasMajorCommunityIn	Yemen → northern Yemen →
hasSubSchool	Jarudiya → Sulaymaniya → Tabiriyya →
historicalCenter	Saada region → Yemen → northern Yemen →
influencedBy	Mu‘tazilite theology →
isPartOf	Shia Islam →
jurisprudenceSimilarTo	Hanafi school → Shafi‘i school →
keyBelief	emphasis on justice and opposition to tyranny → imam must be learned, pious, and militarily capable → imams are not necessarily designated by explicit text → rejection of infallibility of imams after Ali in the Twelver sense →
languageOfScholarship	Arabic →
legalSchool	Zaydi fiqh →
namedAfter	Zayd ibn Ali →
originatedInCentury	8th century →
originatedInRegion	Iraq → Kufa →
populationEstimate	several million adherents →
prophetVenerated	Muhammad →
recognizesAsImam	Zayd ibn Ali →
religion	Islam →
scripture	Quran →
sharesBeliefWithSunni	legitimacy of armed revolt against unjust rulers in some conditions →
theologySimilarTo	Sunni Islam →
usesLegalSources	Quran → Sunnah → consensus (ijma) → reasoning (ijtihad) →
venerates	Ahl al-Bayt → Ali ibn Abi Talib → Fatimah bint Muhammad → Hasan ibn Ali → Husayn ibn Ali →
viewOnCaliphate	critical of Umayyad rule →
viewOnCompanions	more positive toward early caliphs than other Shia branches →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Zaydi Shia ("Zaydism") → Zaydi Shia ("Zaydi Islam") →	alsoKnownAs
Ahl al-Bayt ("Zaydi Shia Islam") →	centralToDoctrineOf
Ismaili Shia →	differsFrom
Islamic world ("Zaydi") →	hasLegalSchool
Shia Islam →	hasSubbranch
Sayyids ("Zaidi Sayyids") →	hasSubgroup
Sanaʽa ("Zaydi Shia Islam") →	majorReligion
Yemen ("Zaydi Shia Islam") →	religion
Hasan ibn Ali ("Zaydi Shia Islam") →	veneratedIn