Muhammad al-Mahdi

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Muhammad al-Mahdi is the twelfth and final Imam in Twelver Shia Islam, believed to be in occultation and destined to reappear as the divinely guided savior.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Muhammad al-Mahdi canonical 23
al-Mahdi 2
Muhammad al-Mahdi, the twelfth Imam 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic eschatological figure ⓘ
Twelver Shia Imam ⓘ
religious figure ⓘ
associatedConcept divinely guided savior ⓘ
eschatology in Shia Islam ⓘ
occultation ⓘ
reappearance ⓘ
associatedWith Shia messianic expectations ⓘ
Twelver Shia doctrine of Imamate ⓘ
concept of the Hidden Imam ⓘ
birthDate c. 869 CE ⓘ
birthDateHijri 15 Shaʿban 255 AH ⓘ
birthPlace Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Samarra ⓘ
commemoratedOn 15 Shaʿban ⓘ
commemorationType birthday celebrations in Shia communities ⓘ
denomination Twelver Shia Islam ⓘ
linked to: Twelver Shia
father Hasan al-Askari ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
hasDevotionalPractice Ziyarat and supplications addressed to him ⓘ
hiddenStatus in occultation ⓘ
honorificTitle Imam al-Zaman ⓘ
Sahib al-Zaman ⓘ
al-Hujja ⓘ
al-Mahdi ⓘ
al-Qaʾim ⓘ
languageOfName Arabic ⓘ
lineage descendant of Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
descendant of Fatima bint Muhammad ⓘ
from the Ahl al-Bayt ⓘ
majorOccultationStart 941 CE ⓘ
meaningOfTitle the rightly guided one ⓘ
minorOccultationStart 874 CE ⓘ
mother Narjis ⓘ
occultationType Major Occultation ⓘ
Minor Occultation ⓘ
linked to: Occultation
position final Imam in Twelver Shia doctrine ⓘ
twelfth Imam ⓘ
linked to: Muhammad al-Mahdi
prophesiedRole will defeat oppression and tyranny ⓘ
will fill the earth with justice and equity ⓘ
will reappear to establish justice ⓘ
regardedAs living but hidden Imam ⓘ
rightful leader of the Muslim community ⓘ
successor of Hasan al-Askari ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
statusInTwelverShia central figure of eschatological belief ⓘ
current Imam despite occultation ⓘ
succeeded Hasan al-Askari as Imam ⓘ
tribe Banu Hashim ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (28)

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

Ja'fari school → basedOnTeachingsOf → Muhammad al-Mahdi ⓘ
Twelver Shia → finalImam → Muhammad al-Mahdi ⓘ
Twelver Shia → twelfthImam → Muhammad al-Mahdi ⓘ
Hasan al-Askari → child → Muhammad al-Mahdi ⓘ
Hasan al-Askari → successor → Muhammad al-Mahdi ⓘ
Muhammad al-Mahdi → position → twelfth Imam ⓘ
linked to: Muhammad al-Mahdi
Ithna Ashariyya → recognizesAsImam → Muhammad al-Mahdi ⓘ
Ithna Ashariyya → lastImam → Muhammad al-Mahdi ⓘ
Occultation → concerns → Muhammad al-Mahdi ⓘ
House of Ali → hasKeyFigure → Muhammad al-Mahdi ⓘ
Prophetic Household → includes → Muhammad al-Mahdi ⓘ
al-Askari Shrine → associatedWith → Muhammad al-Mahdi ⓘ
subject linked to: al-Askari Shrine in Samarra
al-Qaʾim → viewedAsByTwelverShia → Muhammad al-Mahdi ⓘ
al-Qaʾim → titleOf → Muhammad al-Mahdi ⓘ
Sahib al-Zaman → refersTo → Muhammad al-Mahdi ⓘ
Sahib al-Zaman → alternativeNameOf → al-Mahdi ibn al-Hasan ⓘ
linked to: Muhammad al-Mahdi
Imam al-Zaman → refersTo → Muhammad al-Mahdi ⓘ
Imam al-Zaman → honorificFor → Muhammad al-Mahdi ⓘ
Imam al-Zaman → alsoKnownAs → al-Mahdi ⓘ
linked to: Muhammad al-Mahdi
al-Hujja → refersTo → Muhammad al-Mahdi ⓘ
al-Hujja → associatedWith → Muhammad al-Mahdi ⓘ
al-Hujja → honorificFor → al-Mahdi ⓘ
linked to: Muhammad al-Mahdi
Narjis → motherOf → Muhammad al-Mahdi ⓘ
Narjis → child → Muhammad al-Mahdi ⓘ
al-Askari Shrine → associatedWithImam → Muhammad al-Mahdi ⓘ
Mahdi → identifiedAsInTwelverShiism → Muhammad al-Mahdi, the twelfth Imam ⓘ
linked to: Muhammad al-Mahdi
Husaynids → hasNotableMember → Muhammad al-Mahdi ⓘ