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.

Kitab al-Ghayba: The Book of Occultation اَلغَيبَة Author: Sheikh Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin Ibraheem bin Ja'far al-Katib Known as Ibn Abu Zaynab an-Nu'mani Verified by: Faris Hassoon Kareem Translated by: Abdullah al-Shahin Publisher: Ansariyan Publications – Qum First Edition 1381-1423-2003 Negeen Press Quantity: 2000 Number of Pages:488 Size: 162X229 mm ISBN: 964-438-428-8 All Rights Recorded And Reserved For The Publisher Ansariyan Publications P.O. Box 187 22 Shohada St., Qum Islamic Republic of Iran Tel: ++89 251 7741744 Fax: 7742647 Email: ansarian@noornet.net www.ansariyan.org & www.ansariyan.org