Occultation in Shia Islam

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Occultation_in_Shia_Islam
GPTKB entity
Statements (34)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Religious Belief
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Ghaybah
gptkbp:beganIn 874 CE
gptkbp:category gptkb:Islamic_jurisprudence
gptkb:Shia_theology
gptkbp:centralTo gptkb:Ismaili_Shia_Islam
gptkb:Twelver_Shia_Islam
gptkbp:coreBelief Imam is alive but hidden
Imam will return as Mahdi
gptkbp:dividedInto gptkb:Major_Occultation
gptkb:Minor_Occultation
gptkbp:expectedTo End times
Establishment of justice
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Occultation in Shia Islam
gptkbp:influencedBy Abbasid persecution
gptkbp:IsmailiImam gptkb:Muhammad_ibn_Isma'il
gptkb:Isma'il_ibn_Jafar
gptkbp:keyFigure gptkb:Muhammad_al-Mahdi
gptkbp:Major_Occultation 941 CE–present
gptkbp:Minor_Occultation 874–941 CE
gptkbp:refersTo hidden Imam
disappearance of the Imam
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Imam
gptkb:Islamic_jurisprudence
Messianic beliefs
gptkbp:roleDuringOccultation Religious scholars as deputies
gptkbp:scripture gptkb:Hadith
Quranic interpretation
gptkbp:TwelverImam gptkb:Muhammad_al-Mahdi
gptkb:12th_Imam
gptkbp:TwelverTerm gptkb:Ghaybat_al-Kubra
gptkb:Ghaybat_al-Sughra
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ghaybat_al-Kubra
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8