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Al-Ghayba (Arabic: الغيبة) is among important Shi'a works on the issue of Occultation and the Reappearance of Imam al-Mahdi (a) written by Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad b. Ibrahim al-Nu'mani at the beginning of the Major Occultation period. The total number of narrations in this book is 478 presented in twenty-six chapters. This book is a reference for many other references and sources of Shi'a scholars.
Chapters of the book are organized in three parts: primary chapters about primary discussions on the Occultation, Age of Occultation, Age of the Reappearance of Imam al-Mahdi (a) and its signs which sum up the 26 chapters.
Muhammad Ibn Ibrahim al-Nu'mani (d. 360/970-1), known as Ibn Abi Zaynab, was a Shi'a theologian, commentator and muhaddith in the fourth/tenth century. He is considered among the most notable students of al-Kulayni. He travelled to Shiraz, Qom, Baghdad, and Aleppo in order to acquire knowledge and hadith. He penned numerous works including al-Ghayba which is regarded as the most famous one.