al-Hasan ibn Ali (RA)

Biography

Al-Hasan, son of Ali and Fatimah, was born in Madinah in 3 AH. The Prophet ﷺ loved him dearly and said from the pulpit, 'This son of mine is a sayyid, and perhaps Allah will reconcile through him two great groups of Muslims' (Sahih Bukhari 2704). He and al-Husayn are 'the leaders of the youth of Paradise' (Jami' al-Tirmidhi, graded authentic). He is included in Hadith al-Kisa and the Mubahalah.

After Ali's assassination (40 AH) he was pledged allegiance in Kufa, then made peace with Mu'awiyah in 41 AH ('Am al-Jama'ah, the Year of Unity), relinquishing rule. He returned to Madinah and died around 49-50 AH; many sources report he was poisoned, though by whom is disputed. Among his sons was al-Hasan al-Muthanna.

Sources & explanation

۞ Qur'an

33:33 3:61

Links open quran.com.

📜 Hadith verified on sunnah.com

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3205 Sahih (Darussalam)

The verse of purification (33:33) was revealed in Umm Salamah's house; the Prophet ﷺ covered Fatimah, Hasan, Husayn and Ali with a cloak.
Sahih Muslim 2424 Sahih

Hadith al-Kisa': the Prophet ﷺ took Hasan, Husayn, Fatimah and Ali under his cloak and recited 33:33.
Sahih Muslim 2404d Sahih

Mu'awiyah asked Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas what prevented him from reviling Abu Turab (Ali); Sa'd cited three sayings of the Prophet ﷺ: the Harun-Musa hadith, the Khaybar banner, and the Mubahalah, when he gathered Ali, Fatimah, Hasan and Husayn saying 'O Allah, these are my family'.
Sahih al-Bukhari 2704 Sahih

'This son of mine (al-Hasan) is a sayyid; perhaps Allah will reconcile two great groups of Muslims through him' — fulfilled by his peace with Mu'awiyah. Narrated by al-Hasan al-Basri from Abu Bakrah.
Sahih al-Bukhari 3750 Sahih

'O Allah, I love him, so love him' — the Prophet ﷺ carrying al-Hasan on his shoulder.
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3768 Sahih (Darussalam)

'Al-Hasan and al-Husayn are the leaders of the youth of the people of Paradise.'
Sahih al-Bukhari 3754 Sahih

Ibn 'Umar, asked about killing a fly in ihram by an Iraqi, said: they killed the son of the Prophet's daughter, while the Prophet ﷺ said 'they (Hasan and Husayn) are my two sweet basils in this world'.

💬 Explanation Mirza view verified

Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza's perspective

Methodological note (not a direct quote): Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza's widely known approach is to build narratives primarily on the Quran and Sahih Hadith, to set aside Israiliyat (Judeo-Christian lore absorbed into later tafsir) and weak or fabricated narrations, and to avoid sectarian framing. Applied to this node: Verified from his lecture (paraphrase): Mirza says al-Hasan's peace with Mu'awiyah was a treaty with conditions, including that after Mu'awiyah the matter would be left to consultation as Abu Bakr and Umar had done and that he would not nominate his own offspring, together with terms on the Ahl al-Bayt's share of state revenue. (The dataset separately cites Sahih Bukhari 2704, the Prophet's praise that al-Hasan would reconcile two great Muslim groups.) Who poisoned al-Hasan is the subject of a separate video (GpTPJUkgelc) and is NOT verified here.

Treaty terms verified from the auto-transcript of 6zhjdo3CoFk (segment from 28:39; the clip m29l-9FuqGY is taken from it). The link to Bukhari 2704 is the dataset's, not a verified quote.

Empires in their lifetime

Rashidun Caliphate 632 CE – 661 CE
Briefly caliph after Ali in 661 before his treaty with Mu'awiya.
Umayyad Caliphate 661 CE – 750 CE
His peace treaty with Mu'awiya (661) began Umayyad rule.

Further references

Sahih Bukhari 2704
Jami' al-Tirmidhi (leaders of the youth of Paradise)
Sahih Muslim (Hadith al-Kisa)

Connections

Comes from

Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA) father of — Child
Fatimah al-Zahra bint Muhammad (RA) mother of — Child

Leads to

al-Hasan al-Muthanna (RH) father of — Son

Linked with

al-Husayn ibn Ali (RA) siblings — Brothers
Mu'awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan (RA) related — Peace treaty of 41 AH (Bukhari 2704)
Rightly Guided Caliphate (al-Khilafah al-Rashidah) prophetic succession — Six months completing the 'thirty years' per many scholars