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The 12th Imam
Jafar Asadik was the sixth imam. Some believe that his eldest son Ismail was the rightful successor and these became known as the Ismailis. Another group instead followed his youngest son Musal Qasim and this is the group that we know as the 12ers. This name is connected to the number of imams. It was the last and 12th imam. The last imam was only a young boy when he was given the title after his father had passed. tradition holds that he immediately went into a lesser occultation or he went into hiding but will return at the end of time just before judgement day. According to Shihi's Al-Mah
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