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Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

from her; yet I suspect the people will not let you do so. Should they refuse, then bury me in al-Baqīʿ.

When he died, ʿĀʾishah said, “Yes—and as an honour to him.”

When this reached Marwān he exclaimed, “He has lied and she has lied! By Allah, he will never be buried there. They kept ʿUthmān from being laid to rest in the cemetery, yet they want Ḥasan buried in ʿĀʾishah’s chamber!”

Al-Ḥusayn and those with him girded themselves with weapons, while Marwān also put on iron armour; but Abū Hurayrah stepped in to extinguish the discord.⦗1⦘

May Allah protect us from trials, and may He be pleased with all the Companions. Be well-pleased with them, O Shiʿi, and you will succeed; do not intrude upon their affairs. Allah is the Just Judge, acting in accordance with His prior knowledge, and His mercy embraces everything. He is the One who says, “Indeed, My mercy has outstripped My wrath,”⦗2⦘ and, “He cannot be questioned about what He does, whereas they will be questioned” (al-Anbiyāʾ 21:23).

We therefore ask Allah to pardon us and to keep us steadfast with the firm word. Āmīn.

The sons of Ḥasan were: Ḥasan, Zayd, Ṭalḥah, al-Qāsim, Abū Bakr, and ʿAbdullāh—who were all killed at Karbalāʾ alongside their uncle, the martyr—together with ʿAmr, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, al-Ḥusayn, Muḥammad, Yaʿqūb, and Ismāʿīl. These are the male offspring of our master Ḥasan.

None of them left descendants except the first two, Ḥasan and Zayd.

Ḥasan left five sons who produced offspring, whereas Zayd had a single son—Ḥasan ibn Zayd—through whom his line continued exclusively. Ḥasan ibn Zayd once governed Medina and was the father of Lady Nafīsa, al-Qāsim, Ismāʿīl, ʿAbdullāh, Ibrāhīm, Zayd, Isḥāq, and ʿAlī, may Allah be pleased with them all.

(1) Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr, al-Istiʿab, vol. 1, pp. 376–377. (2) Hadith of Abu Hurayra, recorded by al-Bukhari, Sahih, Book of Tawhid (vol. 13, p. 325) in the chapters beginning with “Allah cautions you about Himself,” “His Throne was upon the water,” “Our word has already gone forth to Our messengers,” and “Rather, it is a Glorious Quran in a preserved Tablet,” as well as in the Book of the Beginning of Creation under “He originates creation and then brings it back”; also reported by Muslim, Sahih, no. 2751, Book of Repentance, chapter “The vastness of Allah’s mercy and that it precedes His wrath,” and by al-Tirmidhi, Sunan, no. 3537.

إِلَيْهَا، وَمَا أَظنُّ القَوْمَ إِلاَّ سَيَمنعُوْنَكَ، فَإِنْ فَعَلُوا، فَادْفِنِّي فِي البَقِيْعِ. فَلَمَّا مَاتَ، قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ: نَعَمْ، وَكرَامَةٌ. فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ مَرْوَانَ، فَقَالَ: كَذَبَ وَكَذَبَتْ، وَاللهِ لاَ يُدفَنُ هُنَاكَ أَبَداً؛ مَنَعُوا عُثْمَانَ مِنْ دَفْنهِ فِي المَقْبُرَةِ، وَيُرِيْدُوْنَ دَفْنَ حَسَنٍ فِي بَيْتِ عَائِشَةَ. فَلَبِسَ الحُسَيْنُ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ السِّلاَحَ، وَاسْتَلأمَ مَرْوَانُ أَيْضاً فِي الحَديدِ، ثُمَّ قَامَ فِي إِطفَاءِ الفِتْنَةِ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ (١) . أَعَاذنَا اللهُ مِنَ الفِتَنِ، وَرَضِيَ عَنْ جَمِيْعِ الصَّحَابَةِ، فَترضَّ عَنْهُم يَا شِيْعِيُّ تُفلحْ، وَلاَ تَدْخُلْ بَيْنَهُم، فَاللهُ حَكَمٌ عَدْلٌ، يَفعلُ فِيْهِم سَابقَ عِلْمِهِ، وَرَحْمتُهُ وَسِعَتْ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ، وَهُوَ القَائِلُ: (إِنَّ رَحْمَتِي سَبَقَتْ غَضَبِي (٢)) ، وَ: ﴿لاَ يُسْأَلُ عَمَّا يَفْعَلُ، وَهُم يُسَألُوْنَ﴾ [الأَنْبِيَاءُ: ٢٣] . فَنسَألُ اللهَ أَنْ يَعفُوَ عَنَّا، وَأَنْ يُثَبِّتَنَا بِالقَولِ الثَّابتِ، آمِيْنَ. فَبنُو الحَسَنِ هُم: الحَسَنُ، وَزَيْدٌ، وَطَلْحَةُ، وَالقَاسِمُ، وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَعَبْدُ اللهِ - فَقُتِلُوا بِكَرْبَلاَءَ مَعَ عَمِّهِمُ الشَّهِيْدِ - وَعَمْرٌو، وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ، وَالحُسَيْنُ، وَمُحَمَّدٌ، وَيَعْقُوْبُ، وَإِسْمَاعِيْلُ، فَهَؤُلاَءِ الذُّكُورُ مِنْ أَوْلاَدِ السَّيِّدِ الحَسَنِ. وَلَمْ يُعْقِبْ مِنْهُم سِوَى الرَّجُلَيْنِ الأَوَّلَيْنِ؛ الحَسَنِ، وَزَيْدٍ. فَلِحَسَنٍ خَمْسَةُ أَوْلاَدٍ أَعْقَبُوا، وَلزِيدٍ ابْنٌ وَهُوَ الحَسَنُ بنُ زَيْدٍ، فَلاَ عَقِبَ لَهُ إِلاَّ مِنْهُ، وَلِي إِمْرَةَ المَدِيْنَةِ، وَهُوَ وَالِدُ السِّتِّ نَفِيْسَةَ، وَالقَاسِمِ، وَإِسْمَاعِيْلَ، وَعَبْدِ اللهِ، وَإِبْرَاهِيْمَ، وَزَيْدٍ، وَإِسْحَاقَ، وَعَلِيٍّ ﵃.

(١) " الاستيعاب " ١ / ٣٧٦، ٣٧٧. (٢) أخرجه من حديث أبي هريرة البخاري ١٣ / ٣٢٥ في التوحيد: باب قول الله: (ويحذركم الله نفسه) ، وباب: (وكان عرشه على الماء) وباب قول الله تعالى: (ولقد سبقت كلمتنا لعبادنا المرسلين) ، وباب قول الله: (بل هو قرآن مجيد في لوح محفوظ) وفي بدء الخلق: باب ما جاء في قول الله (وهو الذي يبدأ الخلق ثم يعيده) ، ومسلم (٢٧٥١) في التوبة: باب في سعة رحمة الله تعالى، وأنها سبقت غضبه، والترمذي (٣٥٣٧) .