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The common belief is that the well located in the Cellar of Occultation is the place through which Imam al-Mahdi entered into occultation. However, according to Muhaddith Nuri, this place was originally a basin used by the Imams for ablution, and later it became a spot where Shia believers would place their written supplications addressed to Imam al-Mahdi(a).<ref>Qomī, "Hadiyat al-Zāʾirīn wa Bahjat al-Nāẓirīn", p.84/85.</ref> | The common belief is that the well located in the Cellar of Occultation is the place through which Imam al-Mahdi entered into occultation. However, according to Muhaddith Nuri, this place was originally a basin used by the Imams for ablution, and later it became a spot where Shia believers would place their written supplications addressed to Imam al-Mahdi(a).<ref>Qomī, "Hadiyat al-Zāʾirīn wa Bahjat al-Nāẓirīn", p.84/85.</ref> | ||
[[file:نمایی از سرداب سامراء.jpg| | [[file:نمایی از سرداب سامراء.jpg|thumbnail|نمایی قدیمی از سرداب سامراء]] | ||
==Architecture of the Cellar== | ==Architecture of the Cellar== | ||