Imam Hasan (May Allah be well pleased with him) - Excellence and virtues

Imam Hasan – Excellence and virtues

(May Allah be well pleased with him)

Imam Hasan (May Allah be well pleased with him), the grandson of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam), the leader of young men of Paradise, the chief of the pious, whose blessed name is “Hasan” and whose Kunniyah is Abu Muhammad (May Allah be well pleased with him).

His birth

Imam Jalaluddin Suyuti (May Allah be well pleased with him) has written in “Tarikh Ul Khulafa” that Imam Hasan (May Allah be well pleased with him) was born on 15th Ramadhan, 3 Hijri.  (Tarikh UL Khulafa, Vol. 1, Pg. No. 76)

His blessed name

As per the Hadith in Mo’jam Kabeer Tabarani, Hadhrat Ali (May Allah be well pleased with him) had named Imam Hasan as Hamza and Imam Hussain as Jafar, but the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) kept their names as Hasan and Hussain.  (Mo’jam Kabeer Tabarani, Hadith No. 2713)

Hasan and Hussain (May Allah be well pleased with them) are both heavenly names

Hasan and Hussain are both heavenly names and before Islam, the Arabs had not used these names.  As given As Sawaaiqul Muhriqa, Pg. No. 115 and Tarikh Ul Khulafa, Vol. 1, Pg. No. 115.

When Imam Hasan (May Allah be well pleased with him) was born, the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said the Adhaan in his ears, as given in Mo’jam Kabeer Tabarani, Hadith No. 2515.

As given in Sunan Abu Dawood, Pg. No. 392, Hadith No. 2843, the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) slaughtered a goat each in the Aqqeqa of the Imams Hasan and Hussain (May Allah be well pleased with them).

His beauty

It is given in Sahih Bukhari on the authority of Hadhrat Anas bin Malik (May Allah be well pleased with him) that no one resembled the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) more than Imam Hasan (May Allah be well pleased with him). (Sahih Bukhari, Hadith No. 3752)

The Prophet’s special bestowal

As per the Hadith in Mo’jam Kabeer Tabarani, Hadhrat Fatima (May Allah be well pleased with her) took both the princes to the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) in his final illness and asked him to give them something special from His inheritance.  The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said: Hasan is the inheritor of my resemblance and leadership and Hussain is the inheritor of my fearlessness and courage.  (Mo’jam Kabeer Tabarani, Hadith No. 18474)