This period includes the Minor Occultation and continues after that until the sixth century. During this period, the Islamic seminaries of Qum were very superior to other Shi’a seminaries in terms of quality and quantity; the narrators in Qum are said to have been two hundred thousand and important figures like Ahmad ibn Isa Ash’ari, Muhammad ibn Isa Ash’ari Qummi, Abdul Aziz ibn Muhtadi Qummi, Ali ibn Husayn ibn Babuyeh Qummi, Ibn Waleed Qummi, Muhammad ibn Hasan Furukh us-Saffar, Ibrahim ibn Hashim Qummi and Shaykh Saduq were among the scholars.
Huyu ni miongoni mwa Maulamaa wakubwa mutakhirina naye ameandika, yanayojulikana kwa jina la Makashifat na mwandishi huyu katika kuelezea juu ya Ali ibn Sahil il-Isfihani,anaandika: "Watu wanasema kuwa kutokufanya makosa katika hukumu au maamrisho ya Din ni sifa ya Mitume tu,lakini Sheikh r.a. amekhitilafisha jambo hili miongoni mwa watu katika Hadith ile ambayo imeshuka juu ya Mahdi a.s. akiyeahidiwa Babu yake a.s..Baadaye katika sura ya arobaini na tano ameandika kuwa Sheikh Abul Hasan al-Shadhili r.a. amesema kuwa zipo dalili kumi na tano za Qutb - Shakhsiyya ya pekee kiongozi - mfano kwamba uthibitisho wake unatokana na ucha Mungu wake,kutokuwa na madhambi,rehema,ukhalifa na niaba na kudura huwa vinamsaidia na kudhihirisha waziwazi dhati yake na sifa zake na kadhalika,n.k."