Prophetic text

Al-Kafi

Muhammad ibn Yaqub al-Kulayni

Reports concealment, disputed birth, confusion, twelve ambiguous banners, Joseph analogy, differing durations and two occultations. Report7 supplies six days/months/years followed by divine freedom; report19 distinguishes short and long concealment.

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The imam’s absence →

Six days, months or years · commentary →

Joseph’s journey is an analogy · commentary →

A short absence and a long absence · commentary →

The narrator and the imam share a designation · commentary →

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