Occultation of the twelfth Imam

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Occultation_of_the_twelfth_Imam
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Shia Islamic doctrine
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Ghaybah
gptkbp:associatedWith justice
end times
restoration of true Islam
gptkbp:basisFor gptkb:Shia_eschatology
gptkbp:beganIn 874 CE
gptkbp:centralTo gptkb:Twelver_Shia_Islam
gptkbp:coreBelief gptkb:Twelver_Shia_Muslims
gptkbp:dividedInto gptkb:Major_Occultation
gptkb:Minor_Occultation
gptkbp:durationOfMajorOccultation 941 CE–present
gptkbp:durationOfMinorOccultation 874–941 CE
gptkbp:expectedToEndWith gptkb:return_of_Muhammad_al-Mahdi
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Occultation of the twelfth Imam
gptkbp:influenced Shia jurisprudence
Shia political thought
gptkbp:involves gptkb:Four_Deputies
hidden Imam
gptkbp:location gptkb:Samarra,_Iraq
gptkbp:opposedBy Sunni Islam
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:death_of_Hasan_al-Askari
gptkbp:refersTo gptkb:disappearance_of_Muhammad_al-Mahdi
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Imam
Messianic beliefs in Islam
gptkbp:subjectOf numerous Shia theological works
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Twelver_Shia_Islam
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5