Iran Press/ Iran news: Today, February 2024, and Sha'aban 15, 1445 AH, is the birth anniversary of Imam Mahdi (AS), who was born in 255 AH, 1,190 years ago.
Mid-Sha'ban is the 15th day of the eighth Islamic month (Sha'aban) of the Islamic lunar calendar. The Twelver Shias spend the entire night (from Sunset till dawn) of the 15th of Sha'ban performing prayers and recitations of the Holy Quran.
Shia Muslims believe that Madi (AS) is alive, living among the people, and expecting the permission of God to reappear and make the whole world replete with justice as it is replete with oppression. 219
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