Occultation (for Twelvers)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Occultation_(for_Twelvers)
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:religion
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Ghaybah
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Hidden_Imam
gptkb:Twelver_Shi'ism
gptkbp:beganIn 874 CE
gptkbp:centralTo gptkb:Twelver_Shia_Islam
gptkbp:coreBelief Imam is alive but hidden
Imam will reappear as Mahdi
gptkbp:dividedInto gptkb:Major_Occultation
gptkb:Minor_Occultation
gptkbp:expectedToEndWith Reappearance of Mahdi
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Occultation (for Twelvers)
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Twelver_Shia_jurisprudence
Twelver Shia leadership structure
gptkbp:involves gptkb:Muhammad_al-Mahdi
gptkbp:Major_OccultationDuration 941 CE–present
gptkbp:Major_OccultationMediators No deputies
gptkbp:Minor_OccultationDuration 874–941 CE
gptkbp:Minor_OccultationMediators Four deputies
gptkbp:refersTo disappearance of the twelfth Imam
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Imam
gptkb:Islamic_jurisprudence
gptkb:Mahdism
gptkbp:scripture gptkb:Hadith
Quranic interpretation
gptkbp:significance explains absence of Imam
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Shia_Imams
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6