Hasan ibn Ali

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Hasan ibn Ali was the eldest grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, revered in Islam—especially in Shia tradition—as the second Imam and a symbol of piety, patience, and reconciliation.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Imam
Islamic religious leader
grandson of Muhammad
historical figure
associatedWithEvent Treaty of Hasan–Muawiya
birthDate 3 AH
625
birthPlace Arabian Peninsula
Hejaz
Medina
brother Husayn ibn Ali
Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah
burialPlace Jannat al-Baqi
caliphateLocation Kufa
caliphatePeriod 41 AH
661
category Ahl al-Bayt
Companion of the Prophet
Rightly Guided Caliphs (in some Sunni views)
causeOfDeath poisoning (according to many Islamic sources)
child Umm al-Hasan
Umm al-Husayn
Zayd ibn al-Hasan
al-Hasan al-Muthanna
deathDate 50 AH
670
deathPlace Medina
dynasty Alids
ethnicity Arab
father Ali ibn Abi Talib
fullName al-Hasan ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib
givenName Hasan
grandfather Prophet Muhammad
grandmother Khadijah bint Khuwaylid
honorificTitle Sayyid Shabab Ahl al-Jannah
al-Mujtaba
knownFor patience
piety
reconciliation
treaty with Muawiya I
language Arabic
mentionedIn Hadith collections
mother Fatimah bint Muhammad
positionHeld Caliph
second Shia Imam
precededBy Ali ibn Abi Talib
religion Islam
religiousBranch Shia Islam
Sunni Islam
reveredBy Shia Muslims
Sunni Muslims
roleInTheology second Imam in Twelver Shia doctrine
sister Umm Kulthum bint Ali
Zaynab bint Ali
spouse Jaʿda bint al-Ashʿath
succeeded Ali ibn Abi Talib
succeededBy Muawiya I
tribe Banu Hashim
veneratedIn Ismaili Shia Islam
Twelver Shia Islam
Zaydi Shia Islam
virtueAttributed forbearance
generosity


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