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  2. Twelve Imams - Wikipedia

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    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] It is believed by Twelver and Alevi Muslims that the Twelve Imams have been foretold in the Hadith of the 12 accomplishers. All of the Imams met unnatural ...

  3. Twelver Shi'ism - Wikipedia

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    The term Twelver refers to its adherents' belief in twelve divinely ordained leaders, known as the Twelve Imams (Arabic: ٱلْأَئِمَّة ٱلْٱثْنَا عَشَر), and their belief that the last Imam, Imam al-Mahdi, lives in occultation (Arabic: غَيْبَة, romanized: ghaybah) and will reappear as the promised Mahdi (Arabic ...

  4. Kitab al-Irshad - Wikipedia

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    He described the situation and life of each Imam and the circumstances of each of their deaths. He mentioned the disappearance of the last Muhammad al-Mahdi. [4] The work reflects Mufid's perspective on history and hadith rather than theology or philosophy. [5] This book begins by praising Allah, prophet Muhammad and Shia's twelve Imams.

  5. The Fourteen Infallibles - Wikipedia

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    The Life of Imam Muhammad Al-Jawad. Ansariyan Publications. ISBN 978-964-438-653-4. Archived from the original on July 13, 2014. Rayshahri, M. Muhammadi (12 January 2008). The scale of wisdom: a compendium of Shi'a Hadith. ICAS Press. ISBN 978-1-904063-34-6. Rizvi, Sayyid Saeed Akhtar (1988). Imamate: The vicegerency of the Holy Prophet. Bilal ...

  6. Muhammad al-Mahdi - Wikipedia

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    Muhammad ibn Hasan al-Mahdi (Arabic: محمد بن الحسن المهدي, romanized: Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Mahdī) is believed by the Twelver Shia to be the last of the Twelve Imams and the eschatological Mahdi, who will emerge in the end of time to establish peace and justice and redeem Islam.

  7. List of Isma'ili imams - Wikipedia

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    In 899, Abd Allah al-Mahdi Billah announced that he was the "Imam of the Time" being also the fourth direct descendant of Muhammad ibn Isma'il in the very same dynasty, and proclaimed his previous three descendant Da'is to have been "hidden Imams".

  8. List of Sufi saints - Wikipedia

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    Ibn Ata Allah; Imam Ali-ul-Haq (925–971, buried in Sialkot). Ibrahim al-Dasuqi (1255–1296, buried in Desouk, founder of the Desouki order) İbrahim Hakkı Erzurumi (1703–1780, buried in Tillo, astronomer and encyclopedist, first Muslim author to cover post-Copernican astronomy) Ibrahim ibn Faïd (1396–1453) Imadaddin Nasimi

  9. Imamate in Twelver doctrine - Wikipedia

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    First, wali Allah (lit. ' friend of God ') signifies the nearness of imam to God, who reveals to him His secrets, [112] and grants him authority over His creation. [113] Second, imam and wali is the supreme spiritual guide, [23] and the exclusive religio-political authority after Muhammad. [114]