The Abbasid rulers during the Age of Imam Ḥasan al-ʿAskari

09 September 24 Articles
The Abbasid rulers during the Age of Imam Ḥasan al-ʿAskari Al-Mutawakkil Al-Mutawakkil son al-Mu’tasim assumed the rule in 232 AH.[421] In the same year Imam Abu Muhammad (a.s.) was born.[422] When al-Mutawakkil assumed the rule, people were afflicted with a natural disaster that they had never seen before. A simoom blew in Iraq, and destroyed the plants of Basra, Kufa, and Baghdad and killed many travelers. It lasted for fifty …
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The time before martyrdom of Imam Ḥasan al-Askari

09 September 24 Articles
The time before martyrdom of Imam Ḥasan al-Askari   This period includes many important points which some of them are to be presented here: Introducing the next Imam, al-Mahdi, to Shi’as Since Imam Mahdi was born secretly, Imam Hassan al-‘Askri was worried that Shiites could not recognize him as the twelfth Imam and proof of Allah. So it was his duty to introduce him to some of the noble and …
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