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.