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Ghayba (Occultation of the Twelfth Imam)

The Twelver doctrine that the Twelfth Imam entered a state of divine concealment and will return as the Qāʾim/Mahdī.

The Twelver doctrine that the Twelfth Imam entered a state of divine concealment and will return as the Qāʾim/Mahdī.

How it traveled

  1. Muqnic Fi Ghayba
    Karbala · 1044
    explains
  2. Jumal Cilm
    Karbala · 1044
    explains

Key passages(20)

REF ref-muhammad-husayn-tabatabai-shi-ite-islam

Shi'ite Islam · Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i

Citation only · not on Sefaria
Very high

Masail Cashar Fi Ghayba · al-Mufid

Very high

Muqnic Fi Ghayba · al-Sharif al-Murtada

Very high

Jumal Cilm · al-Sharif al-Murtada

Very high

Fusul Cashara · al-Mufid

Very high

Irshad · al-Mufid

Very high

Minhaj Sunna · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high

Mustajad Min Irshad · al-'Allama al-Hilli

Very high

Rasail Fi Ghayba · al-Mufid

Very high

Rasail Wa Fatawa · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high

Risala Qushayriyya · al-Qushayri

Very high

Shafi Fi Imama · al-Sharif al-Murtada

Very high

Tanzih Anbiya · al-Sharif al-Murtada

Very high

Ghayba · Shaykh al-Tusi

Very high

Majmuc Fatawa · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high

Milal Wa Nihal · al-Shahrastani

Very high

Muntaha Matlab · al-'Allama al-Hilli

Very high

Fisal Fi Milal · Ibn Hazm

High

Fusul Mukhtara · al-Mufid

High

Jamic Rasail · Ibn Taymiyya

High

Modern teachers who discuss this idea

Modern and living teachers whose books take up Ghayba (Occultation of the Twelfth Imam). These works are still in copyright, so we can’t show the text here — each links out to the book.