Birth of Hazrat Mahdi (a.

Birth of Hazrat Mahdi (a.t.f.s.) Hakeemah Khatoon, the aunt of Imam Hasan al-Askari (a.s.) narrates the incident of Imam Mahdi’s (a.t.f.s.) birth as follows: “One day, I went to Imam Hasan al-Askari (a.s.). He (a.s.) requested me, ‘Aunt, Stay with us tonight because my successor will appear.’ I asked, ‘From whom?’ He (a.s.) answered, ‘Narjis’.

I reasoned, ‘But I don’t see any signs of pregnancy in her!’ He retorted, ‘Her likeness is of the mother of Hazrat Moosa (a.s.) who did not have any signs of motherhood till the actual hour of delivery.’ I and Narjis slept in one room. At midnight,