It is also transmitted through another line of narration from ʿAbd al-Malik ibn ʿUmayr, who said:

“Al-Walīd wrote to ʿUthmān al-Murri: ‘Seek out al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan, flog him one hundred lashes, parade him before the people for a day, and I see no course but to have him executed.’”

He added: So ʿAlī taught him the prayers recited in times of distress.

Fudayl ibn Marzūq said: I heard al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan say to a man from among the Rāfiḍah, “Killing you is a deed by which one draws near to Allah.”

The man replied, “You are joking!”

He answered, “By Allah, it is no joke on my part.” (1)

Muṣʿab al-Zubayrī (2) reported that Fudayl ibn Marzūq used to say:

“I heard al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan tell a man from the Rāfiḍah: ‘Love us, but if we disobey Allah then hate us. For if kinship to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ could benefit anyone without obedience, it would surely have benefited his father and mother.’” (3)

Fudayl ibn Marzūq also related:

“I heard al-Ḥasan say: al-Mughīrah ibn Saʿīd—the one who was later burned for heresy—came in to me and spoke about my kinship with, and resemblance to, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ; indeed, when I was young I did resemble the Messenger of Allah. Then he cursed Abū Bakr and ʿUmar. I said, ‘Enemy of Allah, and in my presence!’ Then—by Allah—I throttled him until his tongue protruded.” (4)

Al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan died in 99 AH; another report says in 97 AH.