This Is My Faith - Al-fatlawi, Ali - الصفحة ٢٨٣ - Imam Al-Mahdi (AHHR)?
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There are more Hadith in regard to his existence and his being amidst us.
Anwar: Now that you answered the first question, let me please ask you my second question. Is Imam Al-Mahdi (AHHR) the son of Imam Al-Hasan Al-Askari (PBUH) or is he going to be born later?
Hasan: We have just been discussing the importance of his existence and his being among us as we also learned earlier that he was born in the year ٢٥٦ AH and that he is still alive. To answer the first part of your question on whether Imam Al-Mahdi (AHHR) the son of Imam Al-Hasan Al-Askari (PBUH), I have to say:
· There are Hadith on his personal life referring to the fact that he is the twelfth Imam and the ninth among the offspring of Imam Husain (PBUH) and that the earth cannot be existing without him as God’s Proof. All is evidence that he is the son of Imam Al-Hasan Al-Askari (PBUH).
· Recurrence of reports on his birth and his conceal in addition to the fact that Imamate never stops or shifts