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- In full:
- Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī al-Mahdī al-Ḥujjah
- Also called:
- Muḥammad al-Muntaẓar, the Hidden Imam, or the Twelfth Imam
- Disappeared:
- 878
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Muḥammad al-Mahdī al-Ḥujjah
Shiʿi imam
Also known as: Muḥammad al-Muntaẓar, Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī al-Mahdī al-Ḥujjah, the Hidden Imam, the Twelfth Imam(Show More)
Muḥammad al-Mahdī al-Ḥujjah (disappeared 878) is venerated by the Ithnā ʿAshariyyah, or Twelver sect, the main body of Shīʿite Muslims. It is believed that Muḥammad al-Mahdī al-Ḥujjah has been concealed by God (a doctrine known as ghaybah, or occultation) and that he will reappear in time as the mahdī, a messianic deliverer.
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