Islam: Faith, Practice & History

Question Paper on Lesson 48 Question 1: [20 points] True or False: (a) Imam Hasan al-‘Askari was born in Baghdad. (b) “Al-‘Askar ...

Part 51 The Twelfth Imām (Muhammad al- Mahdi) ...

Name: Muhammad. Agnomen: Abul Qāsim. Title: Al-Mahdi, al-Qā’im, al-Hujja, Sāhib al-Amr. Father: Hasan bin ‘Ali. Mother: Narjis ( ...

1. Birth & Early Life Imam Muhammad al-Mahdi (a.s.) wasborn on15th Sha‘bān 255 A.H. (868CE)inSamarratoNarjis,thewifeoftheele ...

Ahmad: “Oson of the Prophet! Whois the successorandthe Imam after you?” Imam Hasan al-‘Askari immediately went inside the house ...

2. The Imamat & Ghaybat AfterthemartyrdomofImamHasanal-‘Askariin 260 A.H.,theimamate of Imam Muhammad al-Mahdi (may Allāh ha ...

3. The Ghaybat Sughra During the Ghaybat Sughra,Imam al-Mahdi (a.s.) had appointedfour special agents, one after another, as a l ...

thatMuhammadbin‘Uthmānwasappointedintheplaceofhislatefath- er as the new special agent of the Imam. ‘AbdullāhbinJa‘faronceaskedM ...

When Abu Sahl an-Nawbakhti, a prominent Shi‘a theologian of the time,wasaskedastowhyhewassupercededbyHusaynbinRawhin attaining t ...

4. The Ghaybat Kubra Unlikethe Ghaybat Sughra where the Shi‘as could communicate with theirImam throughthespecialdeputies,intheG ...

5. Appearance of al-Mahdi Asmentioned above,even Imam al-Mahdi (a.s.)himself is waiting for Allah’spermissionforhisappearance.Th ...

TheheadquartersofImamal-MahdiwillbeKufafromwherehewill rule over the whole world. During the Imam’s reign, the blessings of Allā ...

Question Paper on Lesson 49 Question 1: [20 points] True or False: (a) Imam al-Mahdi was born on 15 Sha‘bān 260 AH. (b) Lady Hak ...

Part 52 Guidance in Occultation & the Message of Shi‘ism ...

1. Importance of Belief in al-Mahdi TheOccultationoftheImamisatimeoftrialforthebelievers.Butbelief inImamal-Mahdiisveryessential ...

2. The Question of Long Life TheopponentsoftheShi‘ismprotestthataccordingtothebeliefsofthis schooltheHiddenImamshouldbynowbenear ...

3. The Spiritual Guidance of al-Mahdi The opponentsof Shi‘ismalso protest that,althoughShi‘ism considers theImam necessaryinorde ...

4. The Spiritual Message of Shi‘ism ThemessageofShi‘ismtotheworldcanbesummarizedinonesentence: “To knowGod.” Orin otherwords,iti ...

not issue from itself but rather from an Infinite Source. He will then know that all thisbeauty andugliness, allthese creatureso ...

inextricablyconnectedto the knowledgeof oneself.Forhewho knows hisownsymbolicexistencehasalreadycometoknowthetrueexistence which ...