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al-Qāʾim (The Riser / Awaited Mahdī)

The hidden Imam who will 'rise' at the end of time to fill the earth with justice, the Shīʿī Mahdī.

The hidden Imam who will 'rise' at the end of time to fill the earth with justice, the Shīʿī Mahdī.

Key passages(20)

Mustajad Min Irshad · al-'Allama al-Hilli

Very high

Ikhtisas · al-Mufid

Very high

Minhaj Karama · al-'Allama al-Hilli

Very high

al-Fusul al-ʿAshara · al-Mufid

Very high

Fusul Mukhtara · al-Mufid

Very high

Irshad · al-Mufid

Very high

Kashf Yaqin · al-'Allama al-Hilli

Very high

Rasail Fi Ghayba · al-Mufid

Very high

Milal Wa Nihal · al-Shahrastani

High

Ghunya · Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani

High

Manahij Yaqin · al-'Allama al-Hilli

High

al-Masaʾil al-ʿAshr fi al-Ghayba · al-Mufid

High

al-Muqniʿ fi al-Fiqh · Ibn Qudama

High

Kamal Din · Ibn Babawayh (al-Saduq)

High

Maqalat Islamiyyin · al-Ash'ari

High

Minhaj Sunna · Ibn Taymiyya

High

al-Muqniʿ fi al-Ghayba · al-Sharif al-Murtada

High

al-Muqniʿa · al-Mufid

High

Nihayat Aqdam · al-Shahrastani

High

Tarikh · Al-Tabari

High