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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 [[Shi’a]] after his father [[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, 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. | ||
==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 [[ | 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, even though ʿAli had intended other names, such as “Harb.” 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 and his prediction that Hasan would make peace between two factions of Muslims. 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. | 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 and his prediction that Hasan would make peace between two factions of Muslims. 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. | ||