He recommended his son Abu Abdullah al-Husayn to give me...

He recommended his son Abu Abdullah al-Husayn to give me this book and the rest of his books. The copy of the book, which he read, is now with me.” His Works At-Tassalli ; about the punishment of Allah that afflicted those, who participated in killing Imam Husayn (as), in this life. At-Tafseer ; one tradition narrated from Imam Ali (as), in which he has classified the Qur’an into sixty kinds and has given each kind a certain example. • Jami’ul Akhbar . • Ar-Radd ala (answering) al-Isma’eeliyya.

[^5] • Al-Ghayba (this book). • Al-Fara’idh .[^6] • Nathrul La’ali’ ; about the Hadith. His Death He died in Damascus about 360Ah/971AD. About the Book It is a valuable work, whose author has limited it to the expected Imam al-Mahdi (may Allah hasten his coming.) The author begins the book with some prophetic traditions confirming the imamate of al-Mahdi (aj). Then he mentions the traditions showing that Allah doesn’t leave the world without a “Hujjah”.

After that he mentions traditions talking about the disappearance of Imam al-Mahdi, his aspects, biography, rule, charismata and virtues and he mentions the signs that precede the appearance of Imam al-Mahdi (aj) besides other subjects concerning him. Sheikh al-Mufeed, after mentioning the traditions that confirm the imamate of al-Mahdi, says: “The traditions on that are numerous. The scholars of Hadith have written them down and classified them in their books.

Among those, who have mentioned them with full details and explanation, is Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin Ibraheem an-Nu’mani in his book al-Ghayba… ”[^7] The author has finished the book in Thil-Hijja 342AH.

Sheikh Agha Buzurg at-Tehrani in his book “ath-Tharee’a” says: “It appears, according to some references, that the book was called or known as Mala’ al-Ayba fee Tool al-Ghayba .”[^8] What Has Been Said About The Book Al-Hurr al-Aamily said: “It is good and sufficient.” Al-Mahoozi said: “It has many benefits and unheard traditions.” Some Of Its Editions Tehran, 1318AH. Tabriz, 1382AH., as-Sabiri Library. Beirut, 1403AH., al-A’lami Publications.

Tehran, 1396Ah., verified by Ali Akbar al-Ghifari, as-Sadooq Library. The Editions On Which Verification Depended The edition of Beirut, 1403Ah. It has many mistakes. The edition of Tehran, 1397AH., verified by Ali Akbar al-Ghifari (may Allah reward him with good). We depended on this edition so much that it was compared with some handwritten copies as the verifier himself mentioned.