Hasan ibn Ali

5th Rashidun Caliph (r. 661) and second Shia Imam

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Lived 625–669, aged 44

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625–669
Aged 44

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Updated 2026-05-29

Muhammad's grandson who held the caliphate for seven months in 661 before stepping aside. Revered as the second Imam in Shia Islam and a central figure in early Islamic politics.

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Hasan ibn Ali was an Alid political and religious leader. The eldest son of Ali and Fatima and a grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, Hasan briefly ruled as caliph from January 661 until August 661. He is considered as the second Imam in Shia Islam, succeeding Ali and preceding his brother Husayn. As a grandson of the prophet, he is part of the ahl al-bayt and the ahl al-kisa, and also participated in the event of the mubahala.

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