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The beginning of Imam Mahdi’s Imamate and the initiation of the occultation period After five years of living under the care and supervision of his honorable father (Imam Ḥasan al-ˈAskari) and precious mother (Lady Narjis) and following his father’s martyrdom on the 8th of Rabī' al-Awwal in 260 A.H. (5th January 874 A.D.), Imam Mahdi reached the position of Imamate at the age of five just as Prophet Jesus and …
Beginning of the Imamate of Imam al-Mahdi; the only authentic event at ninth of Rabiʿ al-Awwal Celebrating ninth Rabi’
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The ‘Eid of Allegiance and its Importance
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Four interviews about the ninth of Rabī´ al-Awwal By Mojtabā Kalbāsī Allah, the Almighty, in the holy Quran, in different occasions talks highly about the time and the place of some important events like what is related to the prophets and their delegation of Prophecy. For instance, He swears by the fig and olive and the mount of Sīnā and the secured city to indicate the significant status …
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Four Historical Events of the Day of ninth Rabi al-ʿAwwal
Four Historical Events of the Day of 9th Rabi al-ʿAwwal Narrators of history suggest four historic events which mark the day of 9th Rabi al-Awwal as significant: Firstly, some historians are of the opinion that the Prophet Muhammad was born on the 9th of Rabi al-Awwal. There are two other opinions: 12th Rabi al-Awwal and 17th Rabi al-Awwal respectively. For the Shia's, the most popular narration is the one which …
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The Beginning of Imam Mahdi's Imamate
The Beginning of Imam Mahdi's Imamate (The 9th of Rabī' al-Awwal, 260 A.H. (The 6th January 874 A.D.) In the lunar calendar, the ninth day of Rabī' al-Awwal is the anniversary of the beginning of the Imamate of the last Divine Savior (Imam Mahdi). It is also the day of renewing the covenant with him, and with his purposes and sacred ideals. For this reason, the Shias of this …
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Imam Ḥasan al-ʿAskari (Political Conditions, Paving the Way for Imam Mahdi's Imamate) We offer our deepest consolations to The Master of This Time Imam Al-Mahdi (A.S), and to all the believers and strugglers for the anniversary of Imam Hassan Al-Askari (A.S)'s martyrdom. The period of imamate of Imam Hassan Al-Askari (A.S) was characterized by its extreme importance because it was aiming to pave the way for Imam Mahdi's birth, to lay down his …
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