Kitāb al-Ghayba — Volume 1

Chapters

• Introduction (1)
• Preserving the secret of the Prophet’s Family (12)
• Clear declaration of Imam Kadhim about the Imamate of Imam Ridha (17)
• Disappearance of the expected Imam (89)
• Being patient in waiting for deliverance (17)
• Evidence of the Imamate of Imam Musa Kadhim (a.s) and refutation of Waqifiya (41)
• Disagreement among the Shia during the disappearance (19)
• Factors of appearance of Waqifi sect (5)
• Al-Qa’im’s aspects and deeds (45)
• Traditional reports in condemnation of Waqifites (7)
• Some miracles of Imam Ali Ibn Musa Ridha (9)
• The signs preceding the appearance (68)
• Objections of the opponents with regard to the birth of Imam Mahdi (a.s) (5)
• The distresses before the appearance of al-Qa’im (7)
• Forbidding timing and naming al-Qa’im (15)
• Refutation of all sects, which believed in Imamate of someone other than Master of the Age (a.s) (7)
• Philosophy and wisdom of Occultation (22)
• The distresses al-Qa’im meets from people (6)
• The rising of as-Sufyani (18)
• What is the difference between a hidden Imam and an Imam who does not exist or one that exists in the heavens? (3)
• Application of Divine Penalties during the Occultation of Imam Mahdi (a.s) (6)
• The Prophet’s banner (5)
• Discussion on occultation of Imam Mahdi(a.s) (5)
• Keeping to the “Rope” Of Allah (2)
• Discerning truth during occultation of the Imam (6)
• The army of anger (12)
• Statement of Sayyid Murtadha (r.a) (1)
• The Shia when al-Qa’im appears (10)
• Islam began strange and returns strange (5)
• Reason of occultation of the Imam from his followers (19)
• Concealed Birth of the Imam of the Time (a.s) was not an extraordinary event (21)
• The age of al-Qa’im (4)
• Issma’eel, the son of Imam as-Sadiq (9)
• Stories of people with long lifespans from Arabs and non-Arabs are famous and chronicled in books and history. (29)
• Knowing one’s imam (5)
• Reports of Ahle Sunnat that Imams are twelve in number (12)
• Shia traditional reports on the topic that Imams are twelve in number (16)
• Traditions of the Holy Imams on the occultation of Imam Mahdi (17)
• Traditional reports that confirm the uprising of Imam Mahdi (15)
• Mahdi is from the progeny of Ali and Fatima (a.s) (6)
• First Principle: Necessity of Imamate (39)
• The Imamate and the Will (7)
• Mahdi is from the progeny of Imam Husain (a.s) (12)
• Refutation of Kaisaniya belief and account of the demise of Muhammad bin Hanfiyyah (4)
• Refutation of those who stopped at the Imamate of Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s) and said that he is the Promised Mahdi (5)
• Imamate of Imam Hasan Askari (a.s) (48)
• Evidence of the Birth of the Master of the Age (34)
• Reports of those who saw the Imam of the Time (a.s) (19)
• Miracles of the Master of the time during his Occultation (7)
• Epistles issued from Imam Mahdi (a.s) (31)
• Causes of delay in reappearance of the Master of the Affair (11)
• Test of Shia during the period of occultation of the Imam (13)
• Second Principle: Infallibility of Imam (1)
• Twelve imams determined by Allah (40)
• Reports of the Emissaries of Imam (a.s) during the period of occultation (3)
• Approved Emissaries (28)
• Emissaries condemned by the Imam (7)
• Special Emissaries of the Imam during the Occultation (41)
• Questions of Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Ja’far Himyari (3)
• Excellence of Husain bin Rauh continued (17)
• Abul Hasan Ali bin Muhammad Saymoori (8)
• False claimants of deputyship of Imam who are also clearly condemned by the Imams (29)
• Appointees of the four special deputies of the Imam (8)
• Long lifespan of the Imam (a.s) (16)
• Pretenders of being imams (13)
• Third Principle: Truth will never leave the Islamic Ummah (1)
• Time of reappearance of the Imam (a.s) (17)
• Signs preceding the reappearance of Imam Mahdi (a.s) (60)
• Some Qualities, practices and manners of the Master of the Age (a.s) (23)
• Invalidity of Kaisaniyya creed (11)
• The traditions narrated by the Sunni (25)
• Doubting any of the twelve imams (19)
• Refutation of Nawusiyya belief (1)
• Allah does not leave the world with no authority (Hujjah) (10)
• Refutation of Waqifiya belief (1)
• Al-Hujjah must appear (5)
• Traditional reports about the martyrdom of Imam Kadhim (6)