Imam Hassan Askari Strategy in Proving the Birth of Imam Mahdi Based on the Focal Propagation Model

Document Type : Original Article

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PhD

10.22081/ofogh.2021.69658

Abstract

One of the most challenging events in the history of Islam is the story of the birth of Imam Mahdi (AS) in the era of Imam Hassan Askari (AS). In order to prove the birth of Mahdi, Imam Hassan Askari worked on a series of propagational behaviors, since the belief in Mahdism in this period was among the highest theological concepts of many Islamic sects. In this regard, the question of this paper is based on the analysis of the propagational strategy of Imam Hassan Askari in proving the birth of Mahdi. The method of this research is the propagational analysis of historical-hadith data based on the "focal propagation" model. The finding of the article suggests that the Imam could spread the news of the birth of Imam Mahdi and made the answer of doubts of others available in this regard, by using various propagational methods and tools such as: "showing the Mahdi to others", "correspondence "," written propagation," and "ritual propagation".

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