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=Genealogy and Birth= | =Genealogy and Birth= | ||
The twelfth Imam (a) is the only child of Imam al-Hasan al- | The twelfth Imam (a) is the only child of [[Imam al-Hasan al-'Askari]]. His name and Epithet are the same as those of [[The Prophet (s)]]. He was born in [[Sha'ban]] 15th, 255/869. Some sources, though, regard 256/870 as the more accurate year of his birth. | ||
Imam al-Hasan al- | According to some [[hadith]]s, the mother of Imam al-Mahdi (a) was a lady called [[Narjis]]. Some other sources mention Sayqal or Maryam bt. Zayd as his mother. The Imam (a) was born in [[Samarra]]. | ||
[[Imam al-Hasan al-'Askari]] hid the birth of his son, because the news of the appearance of Mahdi and the fact that the [[Shi'a]] were anticipating his uprising were well-known, and this had made the government sensitive. Therefore, Imam al-'Askari did not publicly announce the birth of his son, and most people did not know his son after the Imam's demise. | |||
==People Who Saw the Imam (a) in His Childhood== | ==People Who Saw the Imam (a) in His Childhood== | ||
In hadith sources, some people are mentioned as the ones who met Imam Mahdi (a) in his childhood. For instance, in ''al-Irshad'', [[al-Shaykh al-Mufid]] mentions the following names: | In [[hadith]] sources, some people are mentioned as the ones who met Imam al-Mahdi (a) in his childhood. For instance, in ''[[al-Irshad]]'', [[al-Shaykh al-Mufid]] mentions the following names: | ||
* Muhammad b. Isma'il b. Musa b. Ja'far | * [[Muhammad b. Isma'il b. Musa b. Ja'far]] | ||
* Hakima, the daughter of [[Imam al-Jawad | * [[Hakima bt. Muhammad b. 'Ali al-Jawad (a)|Hakima]], the daughter of [[Imam al-Jawad (a)]] | ||
* Abu | * [['Uthman b. Sa'id|Abu 'Amr al-'Amri]] | ||
* Abu Ali b. Mutahhar | * [[Abu 'Ali b. Mutahhar]] | ||
* Abu | * [[Abu 'Abd Allah b. Salih]] | ||
* Ibrahim b. Idris | * [[Ibrahim b. Idris]] | ||
* | * [['Amr al-Ahwazi]] | ||
* Abu Nasr Turayf al-Khadim | * [[Abu Nasr Turayf al-Khadim]] | ||
=His Imamate= | =His Imamate= | ||