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After al-Samuri's death, the connection through Special Deputies came to an end and the Occultation entered a new phase. This phase of the Occultation came to be known in recent sources as the [[Major Occulation]]. According to most Shiite sources, the 4th deputy died in 329/941, but [[al-Shaykh al-Saduq]] and [[Fadl b. al-Hasan al-Tabrisi]] take it to be in 318/930. | After al-Samuri's death, the connection through Special Deputies came to an end and the Occultation entered a new phase. This phase of the Occultation came to be known in recent sources as the [[Major Occulation]]. According to most Shiite sources, the 4th deputy died in 329/941, but [[al-Shaykh al-Saduq]] and [[Fadl b. al-Hasan al-Tabrisi]] take it to be in 318/930. | ||
==His Position in Hadiths== | |||
The issue of Imam al-Zaman was an old issue in Islam, and in particular, Shiism. Since the Reappearance of Imam al-Zaman was promised by [[the Prophet (s)]] himself, the name, "Mahdi", was since then well-known. Even before the Imam’s (a) birth, tens of books were written about him by the Shi'as. After the Imam’s (a) birth, many other books were still written about him. Thousands of books have so far been written about difference aspects of the Twelfth Shiite Imam. Here are some of the most reliable such books: | |||
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* ''[[Kamal al-din wa tamam al-ni'ma]]'' | |||
* ''[[Al-Ghayba (by al-Nu'mani)|Al-Ghayba]]'' | |||
* ''[[Al-Fusul al-'ashara fi l-ghayba]]'' | |||
* ''Arba' risalat fi al-ghayba'' | |||
* ''Al-Ghayba li l-Hujja | |||
* ''Mu'jam ahadith al-Imam al-Mahdi'' | |||
* ''[[Bihar al-anwar]]'' (volumes 51, 52, and 53) | |||
* ''[[Muntakhab al-athar]]'' | |||
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There are many Shiite hadiths about the place and significance of Imam al-Zaman (a). These hadiths are concerned with the character of Imam al-Zaman (a), the character of people who expect him, the virtues of expecting the [[Faraj]] ([[Reappearance]]), [[Sings of Reappearance]], as well as events occurring at the time of his Reappearance, and the world after the Reappearance. | |||
==Further Reading== | ==Further Reading== | ||