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'''Kashf al-astār | '''''Kashf al-astār an wajh al-ghā'ib an al-abṣār''''' (Arabic: {{ia|كشْفُ الْاَسْتار عَنْ وَجْهِ الغائب عَنِ الْاَبْصار}}) is a book in Arabic concerning [[al-Imam al-Mahdi (a)]] written by the [[Shiite]] scholar of the fourteenth/[[twentieth century]], [[Mirza Husayn Nuri]] (d. [[1320]]/1902). He wrote the book when he saw a qasida by an anonymous poet in [[Baghdad]] which was sent to scholars of [[Najaf]], in which Shi'as were ridiculed and satirized because of their belief in al-Imam al-Mahdi (a) and his [[Reappearance]]. [[Al-Muhaddith al-Nuri]] tried to respond to the qasida. Thus, he wrote ''Kashf al-astar'' in 1318 in two chapters and a conclusion. | ||
==Author== | ==Author== | ||
{{Main|Mirza Husayn Nuri}} | {{Main|Mirza Husayn Nuri}} | ||
Mirza Husayn Nuri, known as | Mirza Husayn Nuri, known as Muhaddith Nuri, was an eminent Shi'a [[Muhaddith]] of the fourteenth/twentieth century. He is well known for his book ''[[Mustadrak al-Wasa'il]]''. He died in 1320/1902. | ||
==Motivation for Writing== | ==Motivation for Writing== | ||
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Nuri wrote the book in 1318 with one introduction, two chapters, and one conclusion. | Nuri wrote the book in 1318 with one introduction, two chapters, and one conclusion. | ||
*The first chapter is about disagreements over the birth of Imam al-Mahdi (a), which makes it explicit that all Shi'as believe in the Imamate of [[al-Hujja b. al-Hasan al-'Askari (a)]] who was born in 255/869, with two stages of [[Occultation]]: [[Minor Occultation|Minor]] and [[Major Occultation|Major]]. He cites four [[Sunni]] scholars who have confirmed the Shiite belief. | *The first chapter is about disagreements over the birth of Imam al-Mahdi (a), which makes it explicit that all Shi'as believe in the Imamate of [[al-Hujja b. al-Hasan al-'Askari (a)]] who was born in [[255]]/869, with two stages of [[Occultation]]: [[Minor Occultation|Minor]] and [[Major Occultation|Major]]. He cites four [[Sunni]] scholars who have confirmed the Shiite belief. | ||
*The second chapter tackles with objections made in the Baghdadi Qasida. | *The second chapter tackles with objections made in the Baghdadi Qasida. | ||
*And the conclusion rejects the widespread accusation that Shi'as believe that the Occultation of Imam al-Mahdi (a) occurred in a cellar and his Reappearance is going to be there. | *And the conclusion rejects the widespread accusation that Shi'as believe that the Occultation of Imam al-Mahdi (a) occurred in a [[cellar]] and his Reappearance is going to be there. | ||
*The book has a number of appendixes: three qasidas by three Shiite scholars, [[Muhammad Husayn Kashif al-Ghita']], Shaykh [[Muhammad Jawad Balaghi]], and [[al-Sayyid Muhsin al-Amin]], with their biographies. | *The book has a number of appendixes: three qasidas by three Shiite scholars, [[Muhammad Husayn Kashif al-Ghita']], Shaykh [[Muhammad Jawad Balaghi]], and [[al-Sayyid Muhsin al-Amin]], with their biographies. | ||
==Publication== | ==Publication== | ||
The book was first published on [[Jumada I]] 17, 1318 September 12, 1900 in lithographic print by the Print House of Hajj Ahmad Mu'ayyid al- | The book was first published on [[Jumada I]] 17, 1318 September 12, 1900 in lithographic print by the Print House of Hajj Ahmad Mu'ayyid al-Ulama' in [[Tehran]]. It was then published with an introduction by Sayyid Ali Milani in Maktaba Naynawa al-Haditha in Tehran in [[1400]]/1980. It was also published in [[Beirut]] by Mu'assisat al-Nur in [[1408]]/1988 and by Mu'assisat al-Safa' in [[1431 AH|1431]]/2010. | ||
==Reference== | ==Reference== | ||