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The birth of Imam al-Mahdi (a) was hidden from people. The secrecy of his birth and its reasons are mentioned in some hadiths.<ref>See: Khudāmurād Sulaymān, ''Farhangnāma-yi mahdawīyyat'', p. 184.</ref> According to a hadith from [[Imam al-Sajjad (a)]], "our [[al-Qa'im]] bears some traditions of the [[prophets]]. A tradition from [[Abraham (a)]] is the secrecy of his birth and his isolation from the people".<ref>Khudāmurād Sulaymān, ''Farhangnāma-yi mahdawīyyat'', p. 184; Ṣadūq, ''Kamāl al-dīn wa tamām al-niʿma'', vol. 2, p. 567.</ref> And according to a hadith from [[Imam al-Sadiq (a)]], "the birth of [[Sahib al-Amr]] is hidden from the people until he reappears. This is in order for him not to have to pledge [[allegiance]] to anyone".<ref>Ṣadūq, ''Kamāl al-dīn wa tamām al-niʿma'', vol. 2, p. 479.</ref> | The birth of Imam al-Mahdi (a) was hidden from people. The secrecy of his birth and its reasons are mentioned in some hadiths.<ref>See: Khudāmurād Sulaymān, ''Farhangnāma-yi mahdawīyyat'', p. 184.</ref> According to a hadith from [[Imam al-Sajjad (a)]], "our [[al-Qa'im]] bears some traditions of the [[prophets]]. A tradition from [[Abraham (a)]] is the secrecy of his birth and his isolation from the people".<ref>Khudāmurād Sulaymān, ''Farhangnāma-yi mahdawīyyat'', p. 184; Ṣadūq, ''Kamāl al-dīn wa tamām al-niʿma'', vol. 2, p. 567.</ref> And according to a hadith from [[Imam al-Sadiq (a)]], "the birth of [[Sahib al-Amr]] is hidden from the people until he reappears. This is in order for him not to have to pledge [[allegiance]] to anyone".<ref>Ṣadūq, ''Kamāl al-dīn wa tamām al-niʿma'', vol. 2, p. 479.</ref> | ||
According to al-Shaykh al-Mufid, the reason behind the hidden birth of Imam al-Mahdi (a) was the persecutions and the fact that the governor of the time was on the watch to murder the last Proof of God. | |||
It should be noted that the hidden birth of the Twelfth Imam (a) was not an unprecedented phenomenon. Abraham's and Moses's births also reportedly occurred in a hidden manner. | |||
===The Witnesses of the Birth=== | |||
Apart from Hakima, two female slaves named Mariyah and Nasim also witnessed the birth of the Twelfth Imam (a). Al-Shaykh al-Tusi and al-Shaykh al-Saduq have recorded the accounts of the birth of the Imam (a) as reported by these two female slaves: | |||
"When the Master of the Time was born, he sat down on his knees and raised his forefingers toward heaven. Then, he sneezed and said, 'All praise belongs to God the Lord of the worlds. May God send his blessings on Muhammad and his family. The oppressors have thought that the Proof of God is destroyed. Were we permitted to speak, the doubt would fade away.'" | |||
===Sunni Accounts=== | ===Sunni Accounts=== | ||