Kitab al-Ghayba: The Book of Occultation

Sheikh Muhammad bin Ibraheem bin Jafar al-Numani authored this important work entitled Kitab al-Ghayba following the Major Occultation of the Twelfth Imam. The work tried to prove the necessity of the Twelfth Imam’s occultation by relating traditions on the authority of the Prophet and the Imams predicting its occurrence.

Dedication
Preface by the Verifier
The Author’s Introduction
Chapter 1: Preserving the secret of the Prophet’s Family
Chapter 2: Keeping to the “Rope” Of Allah
Chapter 3: The Imamate and the Will
Chapter 4: Twelve imams determined by Allah
Chapter 5: Pretenders of being imams
Chapter 6: The traditions narrated by the Sunni
Chapter 7: Doubting any of the twelve imams
Chapter 8: Allah does not leave the world with no authority (Hujjah)
Chapter 9: Al-Hujjah must appear
Chapter 10: Disappearance of the expected Imam
Chapter 11: Being patient in waiting for deliverance
Chapter 12: Disagreement among the Shia during the disappearance
Chapter 13: Al-Qa'im’s aspects and deeds
Chapter 14: The signs preceding the appearance
Chapter 15: The distresses before the appearance of al-Qa'im
Chapter 16: Forbidding timing and naming al-Qa'im
Chapter 17: The distresses al-Qa'im meets from people
Chapter 18: The rising of as-Sufyani
Chapter 19: The Prophet’s banner
Chapter 20: The army of anger
Chapter 21: The Shia when al-Qa'im appears
Chapter 22: Islam began strange and returns strange
Chapter 23: The age of al-Qa'im
Chapter 24: Issma'eel, the son of Imam as-Sadiq
Chapter 25: Knowing one’s imam
Chapter 26: The period of al-Qa'im’s rule