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Rajʿa (Return Before the End)

The Twelver belief that certain Imams and figures will return to life before the Final Judgment alongside the Qāʾim.

The Twelver belief that certain Imams and figures will return to life before the Final Judgment alongside the Qāʾim.

Key passages(20)

Tashih Ictiqadat · al-Mufid

Very high

Ihyaʾ ʿUlum al-Din · al-Ghazali

Very high

Awail Maqalat · al-Mufid

Very high

ʿAwarif al-Maʿarif · Abu Hafs Umar al-Suhrawardi

Very high

Fusul Mukhtara · al-Mufid

Very high

Futuhat Makkiyya · Ibn Arabi

Very high

Maqalat Islamiyyin · al-Ash'ari

High

Tajarib · Ibn Miskawayh

High

Fawaid · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

High

Wasaya · al-Harith al-Muhasibi

High

Badaʾiʿ al-Fawaʾid · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

High

Mafatih Ghayb · Fakhr al-Din al-Razi

High

Minhaj al-ʿAbidin · al-Ghazali

High

Minhaj Sunna · Ibn Taymiyya

High

Musnad · al-Shafi'i

High

Musnad · Ahmad ibn Hanbal

High

Nahj Haqq · al-'Allama al-Hilli

High

Nihayat Matlab · Imam al-Haramayn al-Juwayni

High

al-Riʿaya li-Huquq Allah · al-Harith al-Muhasibi

High

Madarij Salikin · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

High