Hasan ibn Ali
5th Rashidun Caliph (r. 661) and second Shia Imam · Politicians · Lived 625 to 669 · aged 44
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A view of the modern-day Kufa, the headquarters of Hasan, and its Great Mosque, where he gave his inaugural speech
Iranian Qajar dynasty tapestry, probably a Shia talisman, depicting Ali with Hasan and Husayn (Library of Congress)
Persian miniature of the inaugural speech of Hasan ibn Ali.
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, If you cannot teach knowledge, then you should teach your intuition.
Thought, meditation and pondering is the life of clear sighted people
Both the abodes (this world and the Hereafter) are grasped by the intellect, and whoever is deprived of the intellect is deprived of them both.
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Born around 625, Hasan was the eldest son of Ali and Fatima, placing him in the innermost circle of early Islam's founding family. He fought alongside his father during the First Fitna, the civil war that tore through the caliphate in the 650s. When Ali was assassinated in January 661, Hasan was proclaimed caliph in Kufa, but Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan, governor of Syria, refused to recognize him and marched an army toward the city while sending letters demanding abdication. Hasan dispatched a vanguard to block the advance, but before he could follow with the main force he was stabbed and gravely wounded by a Kharijite assassin. His army unraveled - desertions spread, his commander took a bribe and defected, and in August 661 Hasan signed a peace treaty ceding power to Mu'awiya in exchange for terms that were never kept. He withdrew to Medina and died there in April 670, most early sources agreeing he was poisoned, with suspicion falling on Mu'awiya, who wanted his own son to inherit.
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