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==Location and Term== | ==Location and Term== | ||
The word sardāb (formed from sard “cold” and āb “water”) means a place where water becomes cold, and it refers to a space built underground where people would reside during the summer.<ref>Sardāb al-Muqaddas bi-Sāmarrā wa ʾĀdāb Ziyāratihi" ,p. 39.</ref> | The word sardāb (formed from sard “cold” and āb “water”) means a place where water becomes cold, and it refers to a space built underground where people would reside during the summer.<ref>Sardāb al-Muqaddas bi-Sāmarrā wa ʾĀdāb Ziyāratihi" ,p. 39.</ref>It has been said that this place was a part of the house of Imam al-‘Askari(a)<ref>Sardāb al-Muqaddas bi-Sāmarrā wa ʾĀdāb Ziyāratihi" ,p. 40.</ref> | ||
It has been said that this place was a part of the house of Imam al-‘Askari(a)<ref>Sardāb al-Muqaddas bi-Sāmarrā wa ʾĀdāb Ziyāratihi" ,p. 40.</ref> | |||
==The Connection of the Cellar with the Occultation of the Imam== | ==The Connection of the Cellar with the Occultation of the Imam== | ||