The Occultation of the Twelfth Imam (A Historical Background)

Author: Jassim M. Hussain

Publisher: Muhammadi Trust of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

(with a Foreword by Dr. I.K.A Howard, Edinburg University) A study of the occultation of the Twelfth Imam using rarely consulted early Shi’ite sources, covering the time period from Ja'far al-Sadiq, the Sixth Imam, to the end of the lesser occultation of the Twelfth Imam.

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Chapters

  1. Dedication
  2. Preface
  3. Introduction
  4. Survey of the Sources
  5. The Role of Traditions in the Occultation of the Twelfth Imam
  6. The Role of the Imams in the Shiite Underground Activities and their Influence upon the Evolution of the Ghayba
  7. The Imamites’ Views concerning the Concealed Imam and His Birth
  8. The Underground Activities of the Twelth Imam as seen in the Actions of the Saf’irs
  9. The Underground Activities of the Second Saf’ir of the Twelfth Imam
  10. The Career of the Third Saf’ir, al-Nawabakhti
  11. The Fourth Saf’ir and the Complete Occultation of the Twelfth Imam
  12. Conclusion
  13. Bibliography
  14. List of Abbreviations Employed in the Footnotes and in the Bibliography

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