Kitab al-Ghayba The Book of Occultation

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Author(s): Sheikh Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin Ibraheem bin Ja039;far al-Katib an-Numani

Translator(s): Abdullah al-Shahin

Publisher(s): Ansariyan Publications - Qum

Category: Prophethood amp; Imamate Imam al-Mahdi Hadith Collections

Topic Tags: Occultation Ghaybah Mahdawiyyat Mahdiism Miscellaneous information:nbsp;Kitab al-Ghayba: The Book of Occultation

اَلغَیبَة

Author: Sheikh Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin Ibraheem bin Ja039;far al-Katib

Known as Ibn Abu Zaynab an-Nu039;mani

Verified by: Faris Hassoon Kareem

Translated by: Abdullah al-Shahin

Publisher: Ansariyan Publications – Qum

First Edition 1381-1423-2003

Negeen Press Quantity: 2000

Number of Pages:488 Size: 162X229 mm

ISBN: 964-438-428-8

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Person Tags: Imam Al-Mahdi (ajtf)

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Sheikh Muhammad bin Ibraheem bin Jafar al-Numani authored this important work entitled Kitab al-Ghayba following the Major Occultation of the Twelfth Imam. The work tried to prove the necessity of the Twelfth Imam’s occultation by relating traditions on the authority of the Prophet and the Imams predicting its occurrence.

Dedication

As long as the powers of corruption, evil and deviation try the best to raise stumbling blocks to close the path of the mission with obstacles; therefore the Divine Will has determined the necessity of al-Hujjah,(1) who will fix the truth and spread justice allover the world to achieve the aims of the prophets and the messengers of Allah and to realize the hopes of persecuted and oppressed people.

Yes! It is the long-sought hope. It is the expected Mahdi; the natural extract of all the

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