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===The Time of Raj'a=== | ===The Time of Raj'a=== | ||
About the time of raj'a, there are three possibilities: | About the time of raj'a, there are three possibilities: | ||
* shortly before the reappearance of the Twelfth Imam (a); | |||
* simultaneously with his reappearance; | |||
* shortly after the reappearance. | |||
In some hadiths, whose chains of transmitters are weak, the time of raj'a is alluded to by the quite famous saying "All wonders [take place] between [[Jumada I|Jumada]] and [[Rajab]]" ({{ia|اَلْعَجَبُ كُلُّ الْعَجَبِ بَینَ جُمَادَی وَ رَجَب}}). However, it is not possible to ascertain the exact time of, and the order of the events related to, raj'a. | In some hadiths, whose chains of transmitters are weak, the time of raj'a is alluded to by the quite famous saying "All wonders [take place] between [[Jumada I|Jumada]] and [[Rajab]]" ({{ia|اَلْعَجَبُ كُلُّ الْعَجَبِ بَینَ جُمَادَی وَ رَجَب}}). However, it is not possible to ascertain the exact time of, and the order of the events related to, raj'a. | ||
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==Related Works== | ==Related Works== | ||
Due to the great importance of raj'a in the [[Shiite]] theological belief system, Shi'a scholars and [[narrator]]s have written numerous books and treatises on the topic. Unfortunately, many of these works are no longer available to us, and have been lost. Now, only their names remain in the books of [[rijal]]{{enote|books regarding the status of narrators, and at times their works}} and fihrist (lists of authors and their works). [[Aqa Buzurg Tihrani]] introduces thirty works written on this topic. Some of the most important ones that have been published are as follows: | Due to the great importance of raj'a in the [[Shiite]] theological belief system, Shi'a scholars and [[narrator]]s have written numerous books and treatises on the topic. Unfortunately, many of these works are no longer available to us, and have been lost. Now, only their names remain in the books of [[rijal]]{{enote|books regarding the status of narrators, and at times their works}} and fihrist (lists of authors and their works). [[Aqa Buzurg Tihrani]] introduces thirty works written on this topic. Some of the most important ones that have been published are as follows: | ||
* ''Al-Raj'a''; Mirza Muhammad Mu'min b. Dust Muhammad Husayni Astarabadi (annotated by Faris Hassun Karim and published by Anwar al-Huda Publications, [[1417]]/1996-1997). Mirza Muhammad Mu'min was martyred in [[Mecca]] in the year [[1088]]/1677-1678). In this work, after a short introduction regarding the necessity of turning to the [[Infallible Imams (a)]] in all affairs, and submitting to their words, Mirza Muhammad presents more than a hundred narrations on the topic of raj'a. | * '''''Al-Raj'a'';''' Mirza Muhammad Mu'min b. Dust Muhammad Husayni Astarabadi (annotated by Faris Hassun Karim and published by Anwar al-Huda Publications, [[1417]]/1996-1997). Mirza Muhammad Mu'min was martyred in [[Mecca]] in the year [[1088]]/1677-1678). In this work, after a short introduction regarding the necessity of turning to the [[Infallible Imams (a)]] in all affairs, and submitting to their words, Mirza Muhammad presents more than a hundred narrations on the topic of raj'a. | ||
* '''''Al-Iqaz min al-haj'a bi l-burhan 'ala l-raj'a'';''' Shaykh Muhammad b. Hasan [[al-Hurr al-'Amili]] (d. [[1104]]/1692-1693). This book was authored in [[1075]]/1664-1665; it contains over one-hundred and seventy narrations, including tens of verses and other proofs to establish the concept of raj'a. | |||
* '''''Raj'at'';''' [[Muhammad Baqir al-Majlisi]] (d. [[1111]]/1699-1700). This book was written in Persian. It contains fourteen narrations pertaining to the [[reappearance]] of the [[Imam al-Mahdi (a)|Twelfth Imam]], al-Mahdi (a), and the topic of raj'a. It is worth noting that al-'Allama al-Majlisi has addressed in detail the issue of raj'a within his other famous work ''[[Bihar al-anwar]]''. He presents approximately two-hundred narrations that have been reported on this topic . | |||
* '''''Al-Shi'a wa l-raj'a'';''' Muhammad Rida Tabasi Najafi (d. [[1405]]/1984-1985). This book was published in the year [[1378]]/1958-1959 by al-Matba'a al-Haydariyya Publishers, [[Najaf]]. The book consists of theoretical, historical, linguistical, and ethical discussions, with research and analysis. In this book, the status of raj'a in the [[Qur'an]], reported supplications, reported salutations ([[Ziyarah]]), the [[consensus]] of the scholars and the view of reputable figures, has been analyzed and reviewed. In the first chapter of this book, one-hundred and seventy-four verses of the Qur'an that have been interpreted as referring to raj'a according to the narrations, have been mentioned alongside the relevant narrations. | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||