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.

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All labels observed (22)

Label	Occurrences
Zaydi Shia Islam	20
Zaydi Islam	9
Zaydi Shia canonical	7
Zaydi	2
Zaydi Muslims	2
Zaydism	2
Jarudi Zaydi school	1
Shia Islam in Yemen	1
Sulaymani Zaydi school	1
Zaidi Sayyids	1
Zaidi Shia Islam	1
Zaydi Arab	1
Zaydi Islam in Yemen	1
Zaydi Mahdism	1
Zaydi Shia Muslims	1
Zaydi branch of Shia Islam	1
Zaydi imams	1
Zaydi scholarly tradition	1
Zaydi scholars	1
Zaydi school	1
Zaydi tribes	1
Zaydis	1

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic school of thought ⓘ branch of Shia Islam ⓘ religious denomination ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Zaydi Shia ⓘ surface form: Zaydi Islam Zaydi Shia ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Jazan Region ⓘ surface form: Jizan region Kuwait ⓘ Najran Region ⓘ surface form: Najran region Pakistan ⓘ Saudi Arabia ⓘ
hasMajorCommunityIn	Yemen ⓘ northern Yemen ⓘ
hasSubSchool	Jarudiya ⓘ Sulaymaniya ⓘ Tabiriyya ⓘ
historicalCenter	Saada region ⓘ Yemen ⓘ northern Yemen ⓘ
influencedBy	Muʿtazilite theology ⓘ surface form: Mu‘tazilite theology
isPartOf	Shia Islam ⓘ
jurisprudenceSimilarTo	Hanafi school ⓘ Shafi'i school ⓘ surface form: 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 (58)

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

Shia Islam → hasSubbranch → Zaydi Shia ⓘ

Islamic world → hasLegalSchool → Zaydi Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zaydi

Yemen → religion → Zaydi Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zaydi Shia Islam

Sanaʽa → majorReligion → Zaydi Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zaydi Shia Islam

Zaydi Shia → alsoKnownAs → Zaydi Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zaydism

Zaydi Shia → alsoKnownAs → Zaydi Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zaydi Islam

Hasan ibn Ali → veneratedIn → Zaydi Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zaydi Shia Islam

Sayyids → hasSubgroup → Zaydi Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zaidi Sayyids

Ahl al-Bayt → centralToDoctrineOf → Zaydi Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zaydi Shia Islam

Ismaili Shia → differsFrom → Zaydi Shia ⓘ

Ali Abdullah Saleh → ethnicGroup → Zaydi Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zaydi Arab

Houthi movement → ideology → Zaydi Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zaydi Shia Islam

Houthi movement → religiousBranch → Zaydi Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zaydism

Yemen Arab Republic → majorReligion → Zaydi Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zaydi Shia Islam

Muhammad al-Baqir → veneratedIn → Zaydi Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zaydi Shia Islam

Ali Zayn al-Abidin → veneratedIn → Zaydi Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zaydi Shia Islam

Ali al-Rida → veneratedIn → Zaydi Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zaydi Shia Islam

Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen → religion → Zaydi Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zaydi Shia Islam

Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen → religiousSchool → Zaydi Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zaydi

Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) → hasMajorSchool → Zaydi Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zaydi school

Buyid period → hasSectarianContext → Zaydi Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zaydi Shia Islam

Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin → branchOfShia → Zaydi Shia ⓘ

Imam Muhammad al-Badr → religiousBranch → Zaydi Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zaydi Shia Islam

Ali al-Akbar ibn Husayn → veneratedIn → Zaydi Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zaydi Shia Islam

Islam in Yemen → hasBranch → Zaydi Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shia Islam in Yemen

Islam in Yemen → hasBranch → Zaydi Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zaydi Islam in Yemen

Mahdism → hasVariant → Zaydi Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zaydi Mahdism

Shia Arabs → religiousBranch → Zaydi Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zaidi Shia Islam

Zayd ibn Ali → associatedWith → Zaydi Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zaydi Shia Islam

Zayd ibn Ali → regardedAsImamBy → Zaydi Shia ⓘ

Zayd ibn Ali → veneratedBy → Zaydi Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zaydi Muslims

Zaydi fiqh → religiousBranchOf → Zaydi Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zaydi Islam

Zaydi fiqh → partOf → Zaydi Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zaydi branch of Shia Islam

Zaydi fiqh → legalSchoolFor → Zaydi Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zaydi Shia Muslims

Zaydi fiqh → hasSubtradition → Zaydi Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jarudi Zaydi school

Zaydi fiqh → hasSubtradition → Zaydi Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sulaymani Zaydi school

Zaydi Imamate in Yemen → religiousTradition → Zaydi Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zaydi Shia Islam

Zaydi Imamate in Yemen → stateReligion → Zaydi Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zaydi Islam

Zaydi Imamate in Yemen → founderReligion → Zaydi Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zaydi Shia Islam

Rassid dynasty → religion → Zaydi Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zaydi Shia Islam

Jarudiya → religiousBranchOf → Zaydi Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zaydi Shia Islam

Tabiriyya → religiousBranchOf → Zaydi Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zaydi Islam

Tabiriyya → theologicalTraditionOf → Zaydi Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zaydi Islam

Tabiriyya → legalTraditionOf → Zaydi Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zaydi Islam

Tabiriyya → sharesDoctrinesWith → Zaydi Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zaydi Islam

Tabiriyya → associatedWith → Zaydi Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zaydi scholarly tradition

Alids → veneratedIn → Zaydi Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zaydi Shia Islam

Sulaymaniya → religiousBranchOf → Zaydi Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zaydi Islam

Saada region → religiousMajority → Zaydi Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zaydi Shia Islam

Saada region → religiousCommunity → Zaydi Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zaydis