Points to ponder on the Mahdi’s reappearance We are actually on the threshold of the birth anniversary of the Redeemer of mankind, who was born on the 15th of Sha’ban in the year 255 AH in Samarra in Iraq, where his father, Imam Hasan Askari was under house arrest of the usurper Abbasid regime. In the Name of God, the All-Merciful, the All-Compassionate Salaam and heartiest congratulations to you …