Al-Hasan ibn al-Hasan 4thImam of theZaydi Shi'ism | |
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الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ | |
| 4thZaydi Imam | |
| In office 712–715 | |
| Preceded by | Ali Zayn al-Abidin |
| Succeeded by | Zayd ibn Ali |
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| Born | Hasan al-Mu'thannā c. 661 |
| Died | c. 715 |
| Resting place | Al-Baqi Cemetery, Medina |
| Nationality | Rashidun Caliphate |
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| Relatives | Zayd ibnHasan ibn Ali (brother) Hasan ibn Zayd ibn Hasan (nephew) Qasim ibn Hasan (brother) Abdullah ibn Hasan (brother) Bishr ibn Hasan (brother) Abu Bakr ibn Hasan (brother) Talha ibn Hasan (brother) Fatimah bint Hasan (sister) Husayn ibn Ali (uncle) Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya (half uncle) |
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| Religion | Islam |
Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī al-Hāshimī (Arabic:أَبُو مُحَمَّد الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِي ٱلْهَاشِمِي,romanized: Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī al-Hāshimī, aliasHasan al-Mu'thannā;c. 661–715) was an Islamic scholar and theologian. He was a son ofHasan ibn Ali and Khawla bint Manzur. He was a grandson of the fourth caliphAli (r. 656–661) and a great-grandson of the Islamic prophetMuhammad.
Al-Hasan ibn al-Hasan was a contemporary ofUmayyad caliphal-Walid I.
Hasan was born inMedina inc. 661. His fatherHasan ibn Ali ruled briefly as caliph in 661 and was a grandson of the Islamic prophetMuhammad.[1][2] Hasan's mother Khawla bint Manzur was a daughter of Manzur ibn Zaban, the chieftain of theBanu Fazara.[3]
His mother was Khawla bint Manzur ibn Zaban ibn Sayyar Fazari.[4] Hasan al-Muthanna was present in theBattle of Karbala. Ahmad ibn Ibrahim Hasani, in a tradition quoted fromAbu Mikhnaf, he said that his age at that time was nineteen or twenty.[5]
On the day ofAshura,[6][7] he fought besideImam Husayn and was injured and was kept as captive. His maternal uncle, Asma' ibn Kharijah Fazari, saved him. He was cured inKufa; and after recovering, he returned toMedina.[8]
Hasan ibn Hasan's uncle Husayn ibn Ali reportedly offered him to choose either of Husayn's two daughters Sukayna and Fatima, to be his wife. Hasan, who was too shy to accept, consequently chose Fatima, as she resembled his grandmotherFatima al-Zahra.[9]
The caliphAl-Walid I had some correspondence with Al-Hassan Ibn Hassan through letters.[10]
Sayyed Ibn Tawus writes about the merit and nobility of Hasan ibn Hasan and some other children of Imam Hasan: "These are people whose lofty position and merit all Muslims acknowledged".
According to a part of a narration reported fromImam Reza about the continuation of the offspring of Imam Hasan and Imam Husayn, it is inferred that Hasan al-Muthanna had many children and Imam Hasan's offspring continued through him and another brother of his named Zayd. It has been reported in this tradition: "Hasan ibn Ali's offspring continued through two of his sons named Zayd and Hasan. Zayd had a son whose name wasHasan. Also, Hasan al-Muthanna had sons namedAbd Allah al-Mahd, Ibrahim al-Ghamr and Hasan al-Muthallath from Fatima bint Husayn; Ja'far and Da'wud from Umm al-Walad; Muhammad from Ramla bint Sa'id ibn Zayd; who continued a third generation of Imam Hasan."[11]
Although genealogically senior, Hasan's descendants never managed to establish serious claims to the imamate (other thanZaydism andImams of Yemen). Moreover, many later shifted to Sunnism. TheBanu Qatadah and theHashemite dynasty claim descent from him.
