Clarification of some Sunni scholars about the birth of Imam Askari (pbuh)’s son.
Ibn KhalkÄn wrote, “The mentioned Imam [Imam Mahdi (hgr)] 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.”
(VafiyÄt al-A’yÄn, Vol.1, P.571)
KamÄl al-Din Muhammad Shafe’I said: