Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Kitab al-Ghayba: The Book of Occultation Epub (E-Readers) Mobi (Kindle) 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 Preface by the Verifier The Author’s Introduction Chapter 1: Preserving the secret of the Prophet’s Family Chapter 2: Keeping to the “Rope” Of Allah Chapter 3: The Imamate and the Will Chapter 4: Twelve imams determined by Allah Chapter 5: Pretenders of being imams Chapter 6: The traditions narrated by the Sunni Chapter 7: Doubting any of the twelve imams Chapter 8: Allah does not leave the world with no authority (Hujjah) Chapter 9: Al-Hujjah must appear Chapter 10: Disappearance of the expected Imam Chapter 11: Being patient in waiting for deliverance Chapter 12: Disagreement among the Shia during the disappearance Chapter 13: Al-Qa'im’s aspects and deeds Chapter 14: The signs preceding the appearance Chapter 15: The distresses before the appearance of al-Qa'im Chapter 16: Forbidding timing and naming al-Qa'im Chapter 17: The distresses al-Qa'im meets from people Chapter 18: The rising of as-Sufyani Chapter 19: The Prophet’s banner Chapter 20: The army of anger Chapter 21: The Shia when al-Qa'im appears Chapter 22: Islam began strange and returns strange Chapter 23: The age of al-Qa'im Chapter 24: Issma'eel, the son of Imam as-Sadiq Chapter 25: Knowing one’s imam Chapter 26: The period of al-Qa'im’s rule