The 15th of Sha’ban is a very significant date, both to the Ahlus Sunnah and the Shia. The Shia, however, have their own reason for ascribing significance to this night. To them it is the night of the birth of their twelfth Imam, the Hidden Mahdi. Who is this Mahdi whose return to this world is so eagerly awaited by the Shia, and belief in whose existence in occultation forms […]