Studying the historical background of occultatin-writing in the Imamiyyah School in the 4th and 5th centuries AH

The absence of Imam Mahdi (as), which took place twelve centuries ago, had significant effects on the Shiite religion.  Although this event was predicted in quotations from the Prophet and the Ahl al-Bayt: but it did not prevent the major bewilderment of the Shiites and many suspicions arose as a result.

 In these circumstances, it was necessary to remind the Shiites of these hadiths and astonish them by recalling them.  However, the lawyers, due to the intense search of the Abbasid Caliph for the place of Imam Mahdi, had resorted to severe taqiyyah.  The occultists performed this service to the Shiites.

 Absenteeism books are the main source of studies on absenteeism, so it is important to study the context and factors in which these books are written, so that we can know the conditions close to the era of occultation, ie the fourth and fifth centuries.

 In the present study, by using the descriptive-analytical method, an attempt has been made to know more about occult books and also a contextual study of the time of writing these books.  In these studies, it is clear that occult inscriptions were seriously followed in the 4th and 5th centuries, that is, in part of the minor occultation and the first and second centuries of the cobra occultation, and were common among the Imamiya..

 The occult writings are modeled on each other and have become more and more complete, so that most of the occult books after the fifth century have no new subject and are based on the occult histories of these two centuries.