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PROPHET'S GRANDSON IN THE

BOOK AND SUNNAH

Imam Hasan (a.s.), the grandson of the Prophet of
Allah (s.a.w.), like the rest of Ahlul-Bait (a.s.),
enjoys a high position in the Book of Allah, the Most
High, and the sunnah of His Messenger (s.a.w.).

The Holy Qur'an, the constitution of the ummah, and
Islam's eternal miracle, has many verses which speak
volumes of the position of Imam Hasan (a.s.), and
Ahlul-Bait in the sight of Allah, the Most High, and His
Message, including:

1. The Verse of Purification (Tathir):

"...Allah only desires to keep away the
uncleanness from you O people of the House! and to purify
you a (thorough) purifying."

Holy Qur'an (33:33)

It is reported that the reason the Verse of al-Tathir
(purification) was revealed was that the Prophet (s.a.w.)
called for a Khaibari cloak (made in Khaibar), and
covered Fatimah, Imams Ali, Hasan and Hussein (a.s.) with
it, and said: "O Mord! These are my family. So
keep away uncleanness from them and purify them."(5)

In response to the prayer of the Prophet (s.a.w.),
this ayah was revealed. It is a witness, given by Allah,
in the Holy Qur'an, about the purity of Ahlul-Bait
(a.s.), and that they were Islam incarnate.

2. The Verse of Malediction (Mubahalah):

"...come let us call our sons and your sons
and our women and your women and our near people and your
near people,..."

Holy Qur'an (3:61)

The exegetes, in explaining the cause of the
revealation of this verse known as the verse of
al-Mubahalah (malediction), say that the Christians of
Najran agreed with the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.) to
pray to Allah to kill the party which espoused falsehood.
The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.), went out accompanied
only by his family; Fatimah, Imams Ali, Hasan and Hussein
(a.s.) to the contest. When the Christians saw the
blessed faces which the Messenger (s.a.w.) had brought
with him to pray to Allah for death on the liars, they
backed out offering some excuse. They yielded to his
authority and paid him the jizyah (a tax paid by the
non-Muslims who live in the Islamic state).

As we can see, the holy verse calls Imams Hasan and
Hussein (a.s.) "our sons", and the Holy Prophet
(s.a.w.) and Imam Ali (a.s.) "ourselves", while
Her Holiness Fatimah Al-Zahra' (a.s.) represented the
women of all the Muslims, as she is called "our
women". It is a frank, and incontrovertible proof of
the great stature of Ahlul-Bait in the eyes of Allah and
His Messenger (s.a.w.).

3. The Verse of Affection (Mawaddah):

"...say: I do not ask of you any reward for it
but love for my near relatives;..."

Holy Qur'an (42:23)

Exegetes say that this ayah called al-Muwaddah (love)
was revealed concerning Ali, Fatimah, Hasan and Hussein
(a.s.). The two sahihs (authentic books of hadith),
Musnad Ahmad bin Hanbal (Book of Hadith with complete
chains of transmission), the Qur'anic exegesis of
al-Tha'labi, and the Qur'anic exegesis of bin Abbas
quotes bin Abbas as saying: "'When the verse
‘...say: I do not ask of you any reward for it...'
was revealed, they (the Muslims) asked: 'O Messenger of
Allah! who are your relations whom you ordered us to
love?’ ‘Ali,’ he replied, ‘Fatimah,
and her two sons.’(6)

Imam Ali bin Hussein (a.s.), Sa'id bin Jubair, Amru
bin Shu'aib, Abu-Ja'far, and Imam Hussein (a.s.) quoted
the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.) as having said when asked
about the interpretation of the verse, 'To love my
relatives...’(7)

If we confine ourselves to these few verses, the lofty
position, in the eyes of Allah, of Imam Hasan (a.s.), the
grandson of the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.), and all of
Ahlul-Bait, becomes clear. We deem it useful to cite some
other texts, however, conveyed from the Messenger of
Allah (s.a.w.) about Imam Hasan (a.s.), and his high
status in the world of Islam, and in the sight of the
leading Prophet (s.a.w.):

1. Al-Bukhari and Muslim report on the authority of
al-Bara', that he said: "I saw the Messenger of
Allah (s.a.w.) carrying Hasan bin Ali (a.s.) on his
shoulder. He was saying: 'O Mord! I love him, so love
him'"

2. Al-Tirmidhi reports from bin Abbas as saying:
"The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w ) was carrying Hasan
bin Ali'(a.s.), when a man said: 'What an excellent mount
you are riding, lad.' 'What an excellent rider he is,'
the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) replied."

3. Al-Hafid Abu-Na'im reports on the authority of Abu
Bakr, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.) was
leading us in prayer. Hasan, who was still a child, would
come to him while he was in prostration, and sit on his
back or sometimes on his neck. The Prophet (s.a.w.) would
lift him tenderly. When the prayer was finished, they
(the Muslims) asked him: 'O Messenger of Allah! You are
doing to this boy what you do not do to another person?'

'He is my basil,' he replied."

4. Anas bin Malik said: "The Messenger of Allah
(s.a.w.) was asked: 'Who is most loved by you from among
your family?' 'Hasan and Hussein,' he
answered."

5. A'ishah reports that "the Prophet would pick
up Hasan and embrace him and say: 'O Mord! This is my
son, and I love him. Move him, and love who loves him'

6. Jabir bin Abdullah says: "The Messenger of
Allah (s.a.w.) said: 'He who pleases to look at the
Lord of the Youths of Paradise, let him look at Hasan bin
Ali.'"

7 Ya'la bin Murrah says: "We went with the
Prophet (s.a.w.) to a feast, to which we were invited. We
ran into Hasan (a.s.) who was playing near the road. The
Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) went ahead of the people hurriedly,
and put out his hand to the boy. Then he pretended to
pass by Hasan one time on his right hand, and another
time on his left hand, to make the boy laugh. Then he
approached him. He put one hand on his neck and the other
on his head. Presently he embraced and kissed him. Then
he said: 'Hasan is from me and I am from him. Allah
loves whoever loves him."'

8. Al-Ghazali in his book, Al-Ihya' (Revival), reports
that the Prophet (s.a.w.) had said to Hasan: 'You
resemble me in my appearance and disposition."(8)

This is only a small number of the narratives about
Imam Hasan (a.s.). He who wants more should refer to:
Yanabee' al-Muwaddah (Springs of Love), by al-Qandoozi
al-Hanafi, Fada'il al-Khamasah min al-Sihah al-Sittah
(Outstanding Merits of the Five Persons from the Six
Authentic Books of Hadith), by al-Firoozabadi, Musnad
Ahmad bin Hanbal, Tadhkirat al-Khawas (Reminder of the
Pious), by Sibt Bin al-Jawzi, etc.

Through the Holy Qur'an, the Prophet's sunnah, and the
many books of authentic hadiths, the exalted position of
the Prophet's beloved grandson, Imam Hasan, becomes
undeniable.

By reading a few of the pages of our glorious history
about the status of the Prophet's grandson, Imam Hasan
(a.s.), we aren't aiming at recounting historical events
without referring to the Divine mission of the Imam. We,
as is our primary goal, present samples of the conduct of
our Islamic personalities, who implemented Islam in the
most wonderful ways. We want to make them the examples
which we and the coming generations follow.