Muḥammad al-Mahdī al-Ḥujjah

Muḥammad al-Mahdī al-Ḥujjah

▪ Shīʿite imam
also called  Muḥammad Al-muntazar, Hidden Imam, or Twelfth Imam 

      (disappeared 878), 12th and last imam, venerated by the Ithnā ʿAsharīyah, 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 mahdi, or messianic deliverer. See also Ithnā ʿAsharīyah.

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