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The reappearance of Muhammad al-Mahdi is the Twelver eschatological belief in the return of their Hidden Imam in the end of time to establish peace and justice on earth. For Twelvers, this would end a period of occultation that began shortly after the death of Hasan al-Askari in 260 AH (873–874 CE), the eleventh Imam.
Local belief holds that the twelfth Imam—the eschatological Mahdi in Twelver Shia—once appeared and prayed in Jamkaran. Twelver Shia is the mainstream branch of Shia Islam, accounting for 85 percent of the Shia population. [6] The Twelvers believe that their twelfth Imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi, is in occultation.
All these sects, however, are said to have disappeared after a few decades except the Twelvers, who accept the son of al-Askari as the twelfth and final Imam in occultation. Uthman was followed by three more agents, collectively known as the Four Deputies , who were regarded by the Twelver community as representatives of Muhammad al-Mahdi.
The final letter of Muhammad al-Mahdi, known as the Hidden Imam in Twelver Shi'ism, to his agent, Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Muhammad al-Samarri, predicted the latter's imminent death and announced the beginning of the Major Occultation (941–present). In Twelver belief, the Major Occultation concludes with the rise of al-Mahdi in the end of time to ...
Each Imam was the son of the previous Imam, with the exception of Al-Husayn, who was the brother of Al-Hasan. The twelfth and final Imam is Muhammad al-Mahdi, who is believed by the Twelvers to be currently alive, and hidden in the Major Occultation until he returns to bring justice to the world. [6]
This imam in occultation is the twelfth imam, Muhammad, son of the eleventh imam, Hasan al-Askari. [50] According to the Twelvers, the Mahdi was born in Samarra around 868, [ 51 ] though his birth was kept hidden from the public. [ 31 ]
Ahmed al-Hasan (21 March 1968), an Iraqi Shia preacher, He claimed to be al-Yamani, descendant of Twelfth Imam and 1st Mahdi then in 2008, 10th of Muharram, Saturday, He proclaimed Zuhur and started a battle in Basara but He disappeared and later, the largest sect of Ansar, the White banners claimed that He appeared from first occultation in ...
Much doubt and skepticism existed in al-Nu'mani' time about the occultation (ghayba) of the last Twelver Imam Muhammad al-Mahdi in 873–4 (260 AH).In his book al-Nu'mani wrote that, having noticed how the Shia followers were perplexed by the event of the occultation, he wanted to try and save them from this perplexity.