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 ===Place of Birth===
 Historians who talked about the issue agree that Imam al-Mahdi (a) was born in the house<ref>Ṣadūq, ''Kamāl al-dīn wa tamām al-niʿma'', vol. 2, p. 424; Ṭūsī, ''Kitāb al-ghayba'', p. 238.</ref> of his father, Imam al-Hasan al-'Askari (a), in [[Samarra]]. The house is now part of the [[shrine of al-'Askariyyayn|shrine]] of [[Imam al-Hadi (a)]] and Imam al-'Askari (a).<ref>Muqaddasī, ''Bāzpazhūhī-yi tārīkh'', p. 605.</ref> Imam al-Hadi (a) and Imam al-'Askari (a) were summoned to Samarra, the center of the [[Abbasid Caliphate]], years before the birth of Imam al-Mahdi (a) and lived there until they were martyred.<ref>Mufīd, ''al-Irshād'', p. 334; Ibn Khallikān, ''Wafayāt al-aʿyān'', vol. 2, p. 94-95; Jaʿfarīyān, ''Ḥayāt-i Fikrī wa Sīyāsī-yi Imāman-i Shīʿa'', 537-538.</ref>
+===The Account of the Birth===
+The famous account of the Imam's (a) birth is given by [[Hakima bint Imam al-Jawad (a)|Hakima]], the aunt of [[Imam al-Hasan al-Askari (a)]]. In some parts of this account, as reported by al-Shaykh al-Saduq, we read,
+:Imam al-Hasan al-Askari called me and said, "O aunti! Stay with us tonight, which is the eve of the 15th of Sha'ban. Tonight God Almighty will reveal His proof on earth." I said, "Who is his mother?" He replied, "[[Narjis]]." I said, "But—May I be your ransom! —There are no sign of pregnancy in her!" The Imam (a) replied, "It will be as I said to you." I went and when I said salam and sat down, Narjis came, took my shoes, and said, "O my lady and the lady of my family! How are you?" I said, "You are my lady and the lady of my family … God is giving you tonight a son, who is the master of this world and the hereafter." Then [I prayed, and] when I finished my prayer, I ate in order to end my fast, and then I slept. In the middle of the night, I woke up and prayed while Narjis was sleeping. Then I followed up my prayer with some [[Dhikr|dhikrs]] and then I also slept. I woke up again, and then Narjis woke up, prayed, and slept again. I came out of the house and looked at the sky, and it was the time of the first [[fajr]].  As soon as I started to have some doubt, Abu Muhammad [i.e., Imam al-Hasan al-Askari (a)] called me and said, "O auntie! Do not hasten, because the time is about to arrive." So I sat down and started to recite [[sura al-Sajda]] and [[sura Yasin]]. As I was reciting the [[Qur'an]], Narjis woke up, so I hastened unto her and told her, "Do you feel anything?" She responded, "Yes, auntie!" I told her, "Be calm and let your heart be strong. This is what I told you about. Afterwards, a kind of weakness got me and Narjis. Then, I woke up by the voice of my master [i.e., Imam al-Mahdi] … I saw him prostrating himself … I held him in my arms and found him clean and pure. Abu Muhammad told me, "O auntie! Bring me my child." I did so … [He held him,] and said, "O my son! Speak!" He said, "I testify that there is no God but Allah alone; He has no partners. And I testify that Muhammad is His apostle." Then he sent salutations upon [[Amir al-Mu'minin]] and the rest of the Imams until his father.
 ===Secret Birth===