Imam Muhammad b. al-Hasan al-Mahdi (a): Difference between revisions

Some Sunni scholars have reported the birth of Imam al-Hasan al-'Askari's (a) son, but they are silent about the son being the promised al-Mahdi: some examples are Ibn Athir (d. 630/1232) in his ''al-Kamil fi l-tarikh'',<ref>Ibn Athīr, ''al-Kāmil fī al-tārīkh'', vol. 7, p. 274.</ref> Ibn Khallikan (d. 681/1282) in his ''Wafayat al-a'yan'',<ref>Ibn Khallikān, ''Wafayāt al-aʿyān'', vol. 4, p. 176.</ref> and al-Dhahabi (d. 748/1347) in his ''al-'Ibar''. Other Sunni scholars have, in addition to reporting his birth, pointed to his being the promised al-Mahdi as well, such as Ibn Talha al-Shafi'i (d. 652/1254) in his ''Matalib al-sa'ul''<ref>Shāfiʿī,''Maṭālib al-saʿūl'', vol. 2, p. 79.</ref> and Ibn Sabbagh al-Maliki (d. 855/1451) in his ''al-Fusul al-muhimma''.<ref>Mālikī, ''al-Fuṣūl al-muhimma'', p. 287.</ref>