AL-IMAM AL-MAHDI THE JUST LEADER OF HUMANITY


Author : Ayatollah Ibrahim Amini



Introduction

Chapter 1 :The Beginning of the Belief in the Mahdi

Other Opinions from Ibn Khaldun

Chapter 2 :The Pseudo-Mahdis

Chapter 3 :Mahdiism, the Jews, and the Iranians

The Other-worldly Prosperity

Chapter 4 :The Unseen World and the Imam of the Age

The Traditions from the ahl al-bayt Are Proofs for All Muslims

Chapter 5 :Who Was the Imam after Hasan `Askari?

The Sunni 'Ulama' and the Birth of the Mahdi

Chapter 6 :Can a Five Year Old Boy Become an Imam?

The Number of Deputies

Chapter 7 :Why Did Not the Occultation Become Complete from the Beginning?

The Twelfth Imam Endeavors to Defend Islam during the Occultation

Chapter 8 : The Sunni Books on the Characteristics of the Mahdi

Chapter 9 :The Research about Longevity

Longevity

Chapter 10 :The Residence of the Twelfth Imam

The Signs of His Appearance

Chapter 11 :The Minds of the People Prepare for the Advent of the Mahdi

Why Does the Mahdi Not Appear?

Chapter 12 :How Will the Imam Know That the Time for the Appearance (Zuhur) Has Come?

Islamic Governance after the Prophet

Chapter 13 :Further Investigation in the Hadith-Reports

Investigation into the Meanings and Implications of these hadith-Reports

Chapter 14 :The Signs of the Appearance (Zuhur) of the Mahdi

War Is Inevitable

Is It Not Possible that the Mahdi Has Already Appeared?