Editing Abu Mohammad Hasan ibn ali (section)

==Martyrdom==
Hasan al-Askari’s short imamate was uneventful, though he is said to have been imprisoned for a while by the caliph al-Moʿtamed.<ref>r. 256-79/870-92</ref> He died on 8 Rabiʿ I 260/January 1, 874 in Samarra<ref>Ebn Kallekan gives 8 Jomada I/March 1</ref>  and was buried next to his father in the latter’s house. His estate passed to his mother and his brother Jaʿfar.