Did Imam Ḥasan al-ʿAskari pass away without fathering any children?

10 September 24 Question and Answer
Did Imam Ḥasan al-ʿAskari pass away without fathering any children? We have already established, based on the Qur’an and Sunnah, that there must be an Imam in every time. We have established, based upon the Sunni hadeeth literature, that there will be twelve such Imams (as) after the death of the Holy Prophet (s), and that the final Imam will be Imam al-Mahdi (as). As such, the question about whether …
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Imam Ḥasan al-ʿAskari (Political Conditions, Paving the Way for Imam Mahdi's Imamate)

09 September 24 Articles
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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Paving the Way for Imam Mahdi’s Imamate

09 September 24 Articles
   Paving the Way for Imam Mahdi’s Imamate Imam Ḥasan al-ʿAskari had paved the way for his son’s Imamate through many procedures, such as:    A - Concealing Imam Mahdi’s Birth  The Imam had concealed his son’s birth for fear of the authority who knows that the expected Mahdi is the son of Imam Al-Hassan Al-Askari (A.S) who will put an end for the oppression and will establish justice and …
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Imam al-Mahdi prayed on his father’s body

09 September 24 Articles
Imam al-Mahdi prayed on his father’s body The last important point in Imam Mahdi’s life, before Occultation , is the time when he prayed on his father’s body . Abu Al Adyān , a servant of Imam Hassan Askari’s , narrates as this : “In the last days of Imam Hassan Askari’s life , he gave me some letters and asked me to take them to Mdāen. “You shall return …
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Imam Ḥasan al-ʿAskari and the birth of his son, the 12th Imam

09 September 24 Articles
Imam Ḥasan al-ʿAskari and the birth of his son, the 12th Imam A lectureby Hamid Algar   Synopsis - Circumstances for the Shi’ah at the time of the 11th Imam [AS] - Ja’far the liar - The death of the 11th Imam [AS] and the attempt to keep the birth of his son Imam Muhammad Mahdi [AS] hidden. - Traditions concerning the number of the Imams being twelve and the occultation …
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Imam Ḥasan al-ʿAskari introduced the Savior of humanity

09 September 24 Articles
Imam Ḥasan al-ʿAskari introduced the Savior of humanity   One of the major responsibilities of Imam Hassan al-Askari (A.S.), for which he endeavored earnestly, was to introduce the Imam after him to the Shiites and to inform them of the next Imam's occultation. At the time, the Abbasid dynasty, having had heard the words of the previous Imams (A.S.) and those of Prophets' (A.S.) about the saviour that would be …
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Clarification of some Sunni scholars about the birth of Imam ʿAskari’s son

09 September 24 Articles
Clarification of some Sunni scholars about the birth of Imam ʿAskari’s son Ibn Khalkān wrote, “The mentioned Imam [Imam Mahdi] was born on Rabi’ al-Awal 9th, 258 A.H It also has been said that he was born on the eighth of the same, 258 A.H; which is correct to us.” (Vafiyāt al-A’yān, Vol.1, P.571) Kamāl al-Din Muhammad Shafe’i said: “Mahdi (hgr) is one of Batool Tāhirah [her majesty Fatima (pbuh)]’s …
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