Kitab al-Ghayba edition metadata
MuhammadibnIbrahim al-Numani, compiler · Al-Numani (credited compiler); modern editorial apparatus separately labelled · Faris Hassoon Kareem (signed Preface by the Verifier); al-Numani is the underlying book compiler, not the author of this modern preface.
Twelver concealment reports, signs and timing prohibitions; Arabic/English attribution discrepancies flagged.
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Edition and location
Abdullah alShahin translation, Ansariyan imprint1381–1423–2003
Chapter10 two-occultations subsection;14report9;16reports3,5,8–10,13
Edition and location
Kitab al-Ghayba, Abdullah al-Shahin translation; verified by Faris Hassoon Kareem; Ansariyan Publications, Qum, first edition imprint 1381-1423-2003, ISBN 964-438-428-8; Al-Islam HTML accessed 2026-09-08
Opening edition metadata and imprint
Edition and location
Kitab al-Ghayba, Abdullah al-Shahin translation; verified by Faris Hassoon Kareem; Ansariyan Publications, Qum, first edition imprint 1381-1423-2003, ISBN 964-438-428-8; Al-Islam HTML accessed 2026-09-08
Chapter 10, Al-Qaim Disappears Twice subsection, reports (1) and (2) (not chapter-opening reports 1/2); Chapter 10, Al-Qaim Disappears Twice, unnumbered prose after report (9) and before (10)
Edition and location
Kitab al-Ghayba, Abdullah al-Shahin translation; verified by Faris Hassoon Kareem; Ansariyan Publications, Qum, first edition imprint 1381-1423-2003, ISBN 964-438-428-8; Al-Islam HTML accessed 2026-09-08
Chapter 14, report (9), chain through Umar bin Handhala to Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq
Edition and location
Kitab al-Ghayba, Abdullah al-Shahin translation; verified by Faris Hassoon Kareem; Ansariyan Publications, Qum, first edition imprint 1381-1423-2003, ISBN 964-438-428-8; Al-Islam HTML accessed 2026-09-08
Chapter 16, reports (3), (5), (8)-(10), contextual timing dossier
Edition and location
Kitab al-Ghayba, Abdullah al-Shahin translation; verified by Faris Hassoon Kareem; Ansariyan Publications, Qum, first edition imprint 1381-1423-2003, ISBN 964-438-428-8; Al-Islam HTML accessed 2026-09-08
The Method Of Verification, closing signature