Hi, Gilberto,
At 10:46 AM 1/1/2005, you wrote:
>>It seems bizzare to say the dispensation of Muhammad didn't start until the
>>disappearance of the last imam.<<
It was the Lesser Occultation (al-ghaybat al-sughra), not the Dispensation of
Muhammad, which is believed to have started after the death ("disappearance" to
most Twelvers Shi'ih) of the Twelfth Imam. The Greater Occultation (al-ghaybat
al-kubra) began after the death of the third of the four abvab ("babs") - the
intercessors between the Twelfth Imam and Muslims.
With regards, Mark A. Foster * 15 Sites: http://markfoster.net
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