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According to traditional sources, he was born on 15 Ramazan 3/2 March 625 and was brought up in the Prophet’s household until the age of seven, when his grandfather died. Muhammad slaughtered a ram for the poor on the occasion of his birth, as he did later for his brother [[Hussain ibn Ali|hussain]]. He chose the names of both grandsons. Fatima shaved their heads and gave the weight of their hair in silver as alms. | According to traditional sources, he was born on 15 Ramazan 3/2 March 625 and was brought up in the Prophet’s household until the age of seven, when his grandfather died. Muhammad slaughtered a ram for the poor on the occasion of his birth, as he did later for his brother [[Hussain ibn Ali|hussain]]. He chose the names of both grandsons. Fatima shaved their heads and gave the weight of their hair in silver as alms. | ||
There are numerous reports illustrating the great love and tenderness of the Prophet toward his grandsons, which he did not conceal in public. He is described as carrying Hasan on his shoulders, seating him on his knees, kissing him on his belly, allowing him to ride on his back as he was prostrating himself in prayer, and interrupting his sermon in order to caress him when Hasan climbed the pulpit to join him. Widely reported was Muhammad ’s statement that his two grandsons would be the lords of the youth ([[sayyeda Shabab]]) of Paradise | There are numerous reports illustrating the great love and tenderness of the Prophet toward his grandsons, which he did not conceal in public. He is described as carrying Hasan on his shoulders, seating him on his knees, kissing him on his belly, allowing him to ride on his back as he was prostrating himself in prayer, and interrupting his sermon in order to caress him when Hasan climbed the pulpit to join him. Widely reported was Muhammad ’s statement that his two grandsons would be the lords of the youth ([[sayyeda Shabab]]) of Paradise. Hasan later remembered prayers Muhammad had taught him and other statements and acts of the Prophet, such as his removing a date belonging to the alms (sadaqa) from his grandson’s mouth while explaining that partaking of alms was not licit for any member of his family. | ||
==Life Under the first four Caliphs== | ==Life Under the first four Caliphs== | ||
According to an account of Ibn Esfandiar, Hasan, together with the older ʿAbd-Allah b. ʿOmar, took part in a Kufan military campaign to Amol in Tabarestan during ʿOmar’s caliphate. <ref>I, pp. 73, 155.</ref> His father may well have wished to expose him early to war experience. Together with other sons of prominent Companions, such as ʿAbd-Allah b. al-Zobayr and ʿAbd-Allah b. ʿOmar, Hasan is listed among the defenders of the palace of ʿOthman before the latter’s murder. At the order of the caliph, he laid down his weapons on the final day. According to one report, he was slightly wounded. <ref>Baladori, V, p. 95.</ref> | According to an account of Ibn Esfandiar, Hasan, together with the older ʿAbd-Allah b. ʿOmar, took part in a Kufan military campaign to Amol in Tabarestan during ʿOmar’s caliphate. <ref>I, pp. 73, 155.</ref> His father may well have wished to expose him early to war experience. Together with other sons of prominent Companions, such as ʿAbd-Allah b. al-Zobayr and ʿAbd-Allah b. ʿOmar, Hasan is listed among the defenders of the palace of ʿOthman before the latter’s murder. At the order of the caliph, he laid down his weapons on the final day. According to one report, he was slightly wounded. <ref>Baladori, V, p. 95.</ref> | ||