AL-GHAYBA
OCCULTATION
By
Sheikh Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin Ibraheem bin Ja'far
al-Katib
Known as
IBN ABU ZAYNAB AN-NU'MANI
Verified by
FARIS HASSOON KAREEM
Tramlated by
ABDULLAH AL-SHAHINbn Abi Zaynab, Muhammad ibn Torah, ~ 12827 A.H.
Al-Ghayba: Occaltaion /by Abu Abdullah Mubsmimad bin
bin Jafar al-Katib Knowa as Ibn Abu Zaynab an-Nu'mani
Faris Hasson Kareem; Translated by Abdullah
‘Ansariyan, 2007
ase.
ISBN: 978-964-438-428-8
Includes Biography and footnotes.
1. Mahdism. 2, Mohammad bin al-Hassen, Imam 12%, 370 —
‘ccultation. “I. Kareem, Faris Hassoon, Verifier, I Al-Shahin,
Abdullsh, Tr. Tite.
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AL-GHAYBA: OCCULTATION
‘Author: Sheikh Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin Tbraheem bin Jafar
al-Katib Known as
thn Abu Zaynab an-Nu'mani
Verified by: Faris Hassoon Kareem
Translator: Abdullah al-Shahin
Publisher: Ansariyan Publications
First Edition 2003 - 1423 - 1381
Second Reprint 2007 - 1428 - 1386
Ofug Press Quantity: 2000
No. of pages: 488 Size: 162 x 229 mm
ISBN: 978-964-438-428-8
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IN THE NAME OF GOD, MOST
GRACIOUS, MOST MERCIFUL
And We desired to bestow a favor
upon those who were deemed weak
in the land, and to make them the
Imams, and to make them the heirs
(5) And to grant them power in the
land.
(The Holy Quran: The Narratives (Al-Qasas) 28:5-6]DEDICATION
As bong as the powers af corruption, evil and deviation
ty the best to raise stumbling blocks to close the path o
‘he mission with obstacles; therefore the Digine Wilt
has determined the necessity of at jah, who with
fix the truth and spread justice ablover the wold to
achieve the aims of the prophets and the messengers of
Allah and to realize the hopes of persecuted and
‘oppressed people,
Yes! Dt is the long-sought hope. Dt is the expected
Mahdi; the nates ees Pell ike saitenioe
Divine Missions and the feuit of all the efforts of the
prophets and theit guardians. May out souls be the
sacrifice for his coming!
This tittle work before the great blessin of Him is
net but as evidence of bebongingness. 08 pray Allah
the Almighty to light ous eyes with seeing him and to
gift us with the great grace by vistue of him!
Faris
"Te means proof ot authority. It refers to Imam al-Mahdi (1).
TABLE OF CONTENTS
DEDICATION..
PREFACE BY THE VERIFIER
About the Authors
His name. orcs
His offspring,
Praising him.
His travels... .
His teachers (sheikhs)
His students
His works
His death
About the Book.
‘What has been said about th 12
Some of its editions ..... ee 13
The editions on which verification depended
The method of verification...
THE AUTHOR'S INTRODUCTION.
Chapter 1
PRESERVING THE SECRET OF THE PROPHET’S FAMILY
H 32
Chapter 2
KEEPING TO THE “ROPE” OF ALLAI
39
Chapter 3
THE IMAMATE AND THE WILL...