چکیده:
Ehsan Elahi Zahir is one of the famous Wahhabi authors active in rejecting Shi'a beliefs. In his numerous works, he has considered the existence of the twelfth Shi'a Imam as delusional and believes that Imam Al-Hasan al-Askari (P.B.U.H.) did not have a child. To support his claim, he draws on narrations from Shi'a books and the views of Shi'a scholars such as Nobakhti, Al-Shaykh al-Mufid and Al-Tabarsi. In this article, his views and the narrations attributed to Shi’a theologians quoated by him are reviewed critically. The results show clearly that his citations are inaccurate. Furthermore, based on narrations from authentic Sunni sources supplemented with the historical events narrated in historical books, it is concluded that the existence of Imam Mahdi (a.s.) is not delusional and from a historical point of view and based on Shi’a’s and Sunni’s views Imam al-Hassan al-Askari had a son and his son is Imam Mahdi (a.s.).
خلاصه ماشینی:
Furthermore, in the continuation, based on narrations from authentic Sunni books and by attaching historical events reported in historical books, it is concluded that the existence of Imam Mahdi (may Allah hasten his reappearance) is not an illusion and, from both the Shia and Sunni perspectives, Imam Hasan al-Askari (peace be upon him) has a child, who is the awaited Mahdi according to the Shia.
However, the Sunnis, and especially Mr. Ilahi Zahir, consider the belief in Mahdism and the existence of a child for Imam Hasan al-Askari (peace be upon him) to be an illusion, and by writing books, presenting incomplete narrations, and distorting the words of Shia scholars, he has attributed various claims to this school of thought.
Critique of the Second Reason However, in refuting Ilahi Zahir's argument, it must be said that, firstly, this narration only states that the Sultan was looking for the child of Imam Hasan al-Askari (peace be upon him) but did not find him, but it does not imply the non-existence of a child for him.
Ibn al-Athir, in the book Al-Kamil fi al-Tarikh, while describing the events of the year 260 AH, states that Imam Hasan al-Askari (peace be upon him) passed away in this year, and in describing him, says that he is one of the Imams of the Twelver Imamiye, and he is the father of "Hazrat Mahdi (may Allah hasten his reappearance)" who is awaited in the basement of Samarra: وهو والد محمد الذی یعْتقدونه اْلمْنتظر بسرْداب سامرا(ابن اثیر، ج ٦، ص ٣٢٠).
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