ENDNOTES
1. Al-Hafidh Muhibul-Deen al-Tabari
(died 694 AH), Dhakha'ir al-Uqba (Treasures of the
Hereafter), 1387 AH/1967 AD ed., p.32.
2. Ibid., p.30.
3. Ibid., p. 120.
4. Tawfeeq Abu-Alam, Ahlul-Bait/Imam
Hasan, 1st ed., 1970, p. 264 Al-Majalis al-Saniyyah
(Bright Assemblies), vol. 2, Sayyid Muhsin al-Ameen
al-Amili, Life of Imam Hasan (a.s.).
5. This tradition was reported by
Muslim in his Sahih (Authentic Book of Tradition),
al-Tirmidthi in his Sahih, al-Nisa'i in al-Khasa'is
(Characteristics), al-Tabari in his Qur'anic exegesis,
and others. Sahih Muslim mentions it in the 4th volume,
No. 2424, through A'ishah, in a slightly different
warding. Far mare details, refer to: al-Firaozabadi,
Fadha'il al-Khamsah fi al-Sihah al-Sittah (Outstanding
Merits of the Five in the Six Sahihs).
6. Dhakhar'ir al-Uqba, p. 25.
7 Ibid., p.26.
8. We chose these authentic traditions
from: Bin al-Sabbagh al-Maliki, Al-Fusool al-Muhimmah
(Important Chapters), Tawfeeq Abu-Alam, I'lam al-Wara
(Informing humankind), al-Tabarsi, Ahlul-Bait, and Sayyid
Muhsin al-Ameen al-Amili, al-Majalis al-Saniyyah. They
were reported in many books other than these.
9. For more details see: Kashf
al-Ghummah (Removing the Grief), vol. 2, bin Shahrashoob,
Manaqib Aal Abi-Talib (Merits of the Family of
Abi-Talib), vol. 3, Al-Majalis al-Saniyyah, Ahlul-Bait
(a.s.), Tawfeeq Abu-Alam" Tadhkirat al-Khawas
(Reminder of the Pious), and so on.
10. Tuhaf al-Uqool an Aal al-Rasool
(s.a.w.) (Treasures of Reasons About the Family of the
Messenger (s.a.w.)), chapter of what was reported about
Hasan (a.s.), 5th ed., p. 166.
11. Ibid., p. 162.
12. Manaqib Aal Abi-Talib, chapter on
the Imamate of Abu-Muhammad al-Hasan (a.s.).
13. Tuhaf al-Uqool an Aal al-Rasool,
chapter of what was reported from Imam Hasan (a.s.),
p.163.
14. For more details see: Baqir Sharif
al-Qarashi, Hayat al-Imam Hasan (a.s.) (Life of Imam
Hasan (a.s.), 2nd ed., vol. 1, p.340, and the following
pages.
15. For details see: Tawfeeq Abu-Alam,
Ahlul-Bait, and other books on the life of the Prophet
(s.a.w ).
16. Baqir Sharif al-Qarasi, Hayat
al-Imam Hasan (a.s.), (Najaf: 1965), vol. l, p.387
17. Ibid., p.432.
18. Abdullah bin Qais is Abu-Musa
al-Ash'ari.
19. Ibid., p.479.
20. See: Shaikh al-Tabarsi, A'lam
al-Wara, 3rd ed., p. 206, and the following pages
(Reports emphasizing the Imamate of Hasan (a.s.) quoted
from al-Kafi). See also: Hayat al-Imam Hasan (a.s.), vol.
1, p. 515. Kashf al-Ghummah fi Ma'rifat al-A'immah
(Removing the Grief About the Knowledge About the Imams),
vol. 2, p.155, al-Bihar (Seas), vol. 42, p 250, and
others.
21. A'lam al-Wara (Texts indicating the
Imamate of Hasan), p.206 and the following pages.
Al-Qarashi, Hayat Hasan bin Ali with a slight difference,
vol. 2, pp. 31-32.
22. Hayat al-Imam al-Hasan (a.s.), vol.
2, p.33.
23. Al-Fusool al-Muhimmah, chapter of
Hasan (a.s.), p. 135 and the following pages.
24. Muhammad Jawad Fadhlullah, Sulh
al-Imam al-Hasan (The Peaceful Agreement of Imam Hasan),
1973 ed., p.60.
25. Tawfeeq Abu-Alam, Ahlul-Bait.
26. Bin al-Hadeed, Sharh Nahj
al-Balaghah (Commentaries on Nahj al-Balaghah), 1962 ed.,
vol. 16, p.37.
27 Ibid., p.38.
28. Ibid., p. 39.
29. Ibid.
30. Al-Nukhailah is a place near Kufah
in the direction of Syria
31. See footnotes of Hayat al-Imam
Hasan, vol. 2, p.72 and 1965 ed., quoted from al-Kharayij
wa al-Jarayih, p. 228, and Sharh Nahj al-Balaghah, vol.
16, p. 40.
32. Shaikh al-Mufid, Al-Irshad (The
Guidance), p. 208, and al-Fusool al-Muhimmah, p. 146.
33. Muhammad Jawad Fadhlullah Sulh
al-Imam Hasan, p. 76.
34. Al-Irshad, Life of Imam Hasan
(a.s.), p. 209, and the following pages.
35. Tawfeeq Abu A'lam, Ahlul-Bait,
p.335.
36. Hayat al-Imam Hasan (a.s.), 3rd
ed., vol. 2, pp. 103-105.
37. Bin Abi al-Hadeed, in his
commentaries on Nahj al-Balaghah, says that it is
"ma'wal" (pickaxe) and not "maghwal"
(rapier), see vol 16, p 41.
38. Al-Irshad, Life of Imam Hasan
(a.s.), p. 209.
39. For details see: Al-Fusool
al-Muhimmah by Ibn al-Sabagh, and Ahlul-Bait by Abu
A'lam.
40. Statements of Imam Hasan (a.s.) are
quoted from Hayat al-Imam Hasan, vol. 2. "Protestors
at the Peace Treaty", p. 281.
41. Rawdhat al-Kafi (Orchard of
al-Kafi), vol. 8, p.330.
42. Tawfeeq Abu A'lam, Ahlul-Bait,
p.343, quoted from Sharh Nahj al-Balaghah.
43. See: Hayat al-Imam Hasan (a.s.) to
be acquainted with those arguments, vol. 2, p.305 and the
following pages.
44. Muhammad Mahdi Shams al-Deen,
Thawrat al-Hussein (a.s.) (Revolution of Hussein (a.s.),
(Beirut: 1977), 4th ed., p. 127.
45. Bin Abi al-Hadeed says:
"Abu-Faraj says: 'Hasan, (a.s.), was laid to rest in
the tomb of Fatimah, the daughter of the Messenger of
Allah, (s.a.w.), at al-Baqi'. He had expressed his desire
in his last will, to be buried with the Prophet,
(s.a.w.), but Marwan bin al-Hakim did not allow it. The
tribe of Umayyad carried their weapons Marwan said: 'O
Lord! War is better than easy and comfortable
life."' (See Sharh Nahj al-Balaghah, (Egypt: 1962),
vol. 16, p.50.