Hasan ibn Hasan
Hasan ibn Hasan (Arabic: حسن ابن حسن, romanized: Ḥasan ibn Ḥasan; c. 661–715), also known as Hasan al-Muthanna (Arabic: حسن المثنىٰ, romanized: Ḥasan al-Muthanā, lit. 'Hasan the Second'), was an Islamic scholar and theologian. He was a son of Hasan ibn Ali and Khawla bint Manzur. He was a grandson of the fourth caliph Ali (r. 656–661) and a great-grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Hasan ibn Hasan | |
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حسن ابن حسن | |
 Hasan ibn Hasan's name in Arabic calligraphy | |
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| Born | c. 661 |
| Died | c. 715 |
| Religion | Islam |
| Nationality | Rashidun Caliphate |
| Spouse | Fatima bint al-Husayn Ramla bint Sa'id ibn Zayd Habiba al-Rumiyya |
| Children | Abd Allah Ibrahim Hasan Ja'far Ruqayya |
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Life
Hasan was born in Medina in c. 661. His father Hasan ibn Ali ruled briefly as caliph in 661 and was a grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.[1][2] Hasan's mother Khawla bint Manzur was a daughter of Manzur ibn Zaban, the chieftain of the Banu Fazara.[3]
His mother was Khawlah bint Manzur ibn Zaban ibn Sayyar Fazari.[4] Hasan al-Muthanna was present in the Battle of Karbala. Ahmad bin Ibrahim Hasani, in a tradition quoted from Abu Mikhnaf, he said that his age at that time was nineteen or twenty.[5]
On the day of Ashura, he bravely fought beside Imam Husayn and was injured and was kept as captive. His maternal uncle, Asma' bin Kharijah Fazari, saved him. He was cured in Kufa; and after recovering, he returned to Medina.[6]
Hasan ibn Hasan's uncle Husayn ibn Ali reportedly offered him to choose either of Husayn's two daughters Sukayna and Fatimah, to be his wife. Hasan, who was too shy to accept, consequently chose Fatimah, as she resembled his grandmother Fatimah al-Zahra.[7]
Children
Sayyed Ibn Tawus writes about the merit and nobility of Hasan bin Hasan and some other children of Imam Hasan: "These are people whose lofty position and merit all Muslims acknowledged".
According to a part of a narration reported from Imam Reza about the continuation of the offspring of Imam Hasan and Imam Husayn, it is inferred that Hasan al-Muthanna had many children and Imam Hasan's offspring continued through him and another brother of his named Zayd. It has been reported in this tradition: "Hasan bin Ali's offspring continued through two of his sons named Zayd and Hasan. Zayd had a son whose name was Hasan. Also, Hasan al-Muthanna had sons named Abdullah al-Kamil, Ibrahim al-Ghamr and Hasan al-Muthallath from Fatimah bint Husayn; Ja'far and Da'wud from Umm al-Walad; Muhammad from Ramlah bint Sa'id bin Zayd; who continued a third generation of Imam Hasan (AS)."[8]
References
- Hasan Muthana ghadeer.org Retrieved 11 Oct 2018
- The daughter of Imam Hussain islamicblessings.com Retrieved 11 Oct 2018
- Madelung 1997, p. 380–384.
- The marriage of Hasan al-Muthanna mehrnews.com Retrieved 11 Oct 2018
- Ṭabarī, Tārīkh al-umam, vol. 5, p. 469.
- Ḥasanī, al-Maṣābih, p. 379; Mufīd, al-Irshād, vol. 2, p. 25.
- The issue of Hasan al-Muthanna's marriage to Imam Hussain's daughter mehrnews.com Retrieved 11 Oct 2018
- "Ibn Babawayh%28I%29". Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_com_0318.
Bibliography
- Madelung, Wilferd (1997). The Succession to Muhammad: A Study of the Early Caliphate. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-52-164696-3.