Zaidism

Also known as Zaydis, Zaidiyyah, Zaydi Islam

Zaydism (), also referred to as '''Fiver Shi'ism''', is a branch of Shia Islam that emerged in the eighth century following Zayd ibn Ali's unsuccessful rebellion against the Umayyad Caliphate. Zaydism is one of the three main branches of Shi'ism, the other two being Twelverism and Ismailism.

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Zaydism is a branch of Shia Islam that began in the eighth century after Zayd ibn Ali led a failed revolt against the Umayyad rulers. It is one of the three major divisions within Shia Islam, alongside Twelverism and Ismailism, and remains significant as a distinct theological and political tradition within the Islamic world.

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Religious group.group: Zaydis
Religious group.image: Ansar Allah Logo.svg
Religious group.image_caption: A calligraphic logo used by the Houthis, a Zaydi revivalist and Islamist political and military organization in Yemen, with Arabic text reading: "Oh ye who believe, be supporters of God" (Quran 61:14)
Religious group.founder: Zayd ibn Ali
Religious group.region1: north-western Yemen (893 CE, by al-Hadi ila'l-Haqq Yahya)
Religious group.region2: northern Iran (Tabaristan, 864 CE, by Hasan ibn Zayd, expanded to Daylam and Gilan)
Religious group.regions: North-western Yemen, southern Saudi Arabia
Religious group.population: 15–20 million

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native label: الزيدية
inception: 0701-00-00

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Contents

History
Origins
Zaydi empires in Iran
Outside Arabia and Iran
Evolution of the Zaydi Imamate in Yemen
Yemeni Arab Republic era
Houthi insurgency
Law
Theology
Beliefs
Status of Caliphs and the Sahaba
Twelver Shia references to Zayd
See also
References
Further reading
External links

Zaydism is typically considered the Shia branch that is closest to Sunni Islam, although the "classical" form of Zaydism (usually referred to as Hadawi) historically changed its stance on Sunni and Shia traditions multiple times, to the point where Zaydis' simply accepting Ali as a rightful successor to Muhammad was enough to consider them Shia.