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?