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'''Hasan B. ʿAli B. Abi Taleb,''' eldest surviving grandson of the Prophet [[Muhammad]] through his daughter [[Fatima]], and second [[Imam]] of the [[Shiʿa|Shi’a]] after his father [[Ali ibn Abi Talib|ʿAli]]. Both Shi’ite and Sunni sources report numerous al-Hasan’s virtues. He is also one of [[the People of Cloak]] and, in Twelver Shi’ite belief, one of the [[fourteen Infallibles]]. | '''Hasan B. ʿAli B. Abi Taleb,''' eldest surviving grandson of the Prophet [[Muhammad]] through his daughter [[Fatima]], and second [[Imam]] of the [[Shiʿa|Shi’a]] after his father [[Ali ibn Abi Talib|ʿAli]]. Both Shi’ite and Sunni sources report numerous al-Hasan’s virtues. He is also one of [[the People of Cloak]] and, in Twelver Shi’ite belief, one of the [[fourteen Infallibles]]. | ||
After martyrdom of Imam ‘Ali, al-Hasan became the Imam and received the backing of the Kufans. Refusing to accept al-Hasan’s Caliphate, Muʿawiya launched a military expedition against him. Al-Hasan was plagued by defections from his army mainly from Kharijites who tried to assassinate Imam. Finally, Imam al-Hasan accepted the peace treaty and abdicated the caliphate to avoid bloodshed with the condition that Muʿawiya should rule according to the Qur'an and the Sunna of the Prophet and should not appoint any successor for himself, and that no one, including the Shiites, should be persecuted. On 5 Rabiʿ I 50/2 April 670, he was martyred by poisoning. | After martyrdom of Imam ‘Ali, al-Hasan became the Imam and received the backing of the Kufans. Refusing to accept al-Hasan’s Caliphate, [[Mu'awiya|Muʿawiya]] launched a military expedition against him. Al-Hasan was plagued by defections from his army mainly from Kharijites who tried to assassinate Imam. Finally, Imam al-Hasan accepted the peace treaty and abdicated the caliphate to avoid bloodshed with the condition that [[Mu'awiya|Muʿawiya]] should rule according to the Qur'an and the Sunna of the Prophet and should not appoint any successor for himself, and that no one, including the Shiites, should be persecuted. On 5 Rabiʿ I 50/2 April 670, he was martyred by poisoning. | ||
==Birth and Early Life== | ==Birth and Early Life== | ||
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. | ||