THE PERIOD OF CONFUSION AND PERPLEXITY

“EVIDENCES” FOR THE EXISTENCE OF IMAM MUHAMMAD BIN HASSAN Al-ASKARI

  PHILOSOPHICAL EVIDENCE

 THE TRADITIONAL (TEXTUAL)  EVIDENCE ON THE EXISTENCE OF THE MAHDI

THE HISTORICAL EVIDENCE

THE EVIDENCE OF MIRACLES ON THE EXISTENCE OF THE MAHDI

CRITIQUE OF THE TWELVER- IMAM SHIITES’ MAHDISM THEORY

1: THE TWELVER IMAM: A HISTORICAL REALITY OR A PHILOSOPHICAL ASSUMPTION?

2: PHILOSOPHICAL FACTORS FOR THE INCEPTION OF MAHDISM THEORY

3: CRITIQUE OF THE TRADITIONAL (TEXTUAL) EVIDENCE

4:CRITIQUE OF THE HISTORICAL EVIDENCE