Investigating and critiquing the doubts or ambiguities raised by Dr. Nasser Al-Qefari about Mahdism School of Thought

The book of Usulu Madhabal-Shia-al-Imamiyya-al-Ithna Ashariyya (Principles of the Faith of Shiites of twelve Imams) in from of both presentation and criticism, written recently by Dr. Nasser Al-Qefari is an explanatory text critiquing Shiite beliefs has been noted extensively by critics. In this book, all Shiite principles are attacked, especially the school of Mahdism. This article attempts to respond to the doubts or ambiguities raised in this book about Mahdism. In the first section of this series of articles, seventeen of the doubts or ambiguities about history of Absence school of thought, development and motives of its thought, and its founders will be quoted and debated.