Al-Hasan ibn ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib (الحسن بن علي بن أﺑﻲ طالب) (Ramadhān 15th, 3 AH – Safar 7th or 28th, 50 AH) was the grandson of Muhammad, son of ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib (final Rashidun Caliph and first Shī‘ah Imām) and Fātimah al-Zahraā (daughter of Muhammad). He is an important figure in Islām as he is a member of Ahlul Bayt (the household of Muhammad) and Ahlul Kisā, as well as being a Shī‘ah Imām, and one of The Fourteen Infallibles of the Twelver...
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Al-Hasan ibn ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib (الحسن بن علي بن أﺑﻲ طالب) (Ramadhān 15th, 3 AH – Safar 7th or 28th, 50 AH) was the grandson of Muhammad, son of ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib (final Rashidun Caliph and first Shī‘ah Imām) and Fātimah al-Zahraā (daughter of Muhammad). He is an important figure in Islām as he is a member of Ahlul Bayt (the household of Muhammad) and Ahlul Kisā, as well as being a Shī‘ah Imām, and one of The Fourteen Infallibles of the Twelvers Shī‘ah.
In both Sunni and Shī‘ah sources, it has been narrated that upon the birth of his grandson in 3 AH, Muhammad was ordered by the archangel Gabriel to name him al-Hasan - a name that had not yet been used in the pre-Islāmic period. Muhammad also honoured his grandson by reciting the Adhān in his right ear, the Iqāmah in his left ear, shaved the head of his grandson, and sacrificed a ram for the sake of his birth.
Al-Hasan ibn Ali and his younger brother, al-Husayn ibn Ali, are believed to have been greatly beloved by their grandfather...
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