If, on the Day of Resurrection, there should come for me a harsh leader
and a stern driver who herds al-Farazdaq along—
Ruined indeed is that son of Dārim (1)
who walks to the Fire, his neck in chains, his eyes a deathly blue;
He will be driven to the blaze of Hell
clad in garments of molten pitch, a tattered robe;
And when they drink the scalding pus within, you will see them
melting from its heat, torn apart in agony. (2)

He said: Al-Hasan wept until the earth beneath him was wet, then he embraced al-Farazdaq and said, “You used to be one of the people I hated most, yet today you are among the dearest to me.” (3)

Someone asked al-Farazdaq, “Do you not fear Allah for accusing chaste women?” He replied, “By Allah, Allah is dearer to me than these two eyes with which I see—so how could He punish me?”

We have already stated that he died in the year 110 AH and that he passed away forty days before Jarīr. Others said it was a few months earlier; Allah knows best.

As for al-Hasan and Ibn Sīrīn, we have given each of them a detailed biography in our book Al-Takmīl. Allah is sufficient for us, and He is the best Guardian.

Al-Hasan ibn Abī al-Hasan (4): his father’s name was Yasār. He was Abū Saʿīd al-Baṣrī, the freedman of Zayd ibn Thābit; some say he was the freedman of Jābir ibn ʿAbd Allah, while others report differently. His mother Khayrah was a freedwoman of Umm Salamah. She used to serve her, and would sometimes be sent on errands, leaving the infant al-Hasan unattended. Umm Salamah would quiet him with her own breasts; milk would flow for him, and he would nurse. People believed that the wisdom and knowledge granted to al-Hasan were a blessing from that suckling at a breast linked to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.

While still a child, his mother would take him to the Companions, who would pray for him. Among those who supplicated for him was ʿUmar ibn al-Khattāb, who said, “O Allah, grant him understanding of the religion and make him beloved to the people.”

Anas ibn Mālik was once asked about an issue and replied, “Ask our master al-Hasan; he heard what we heard, but he remembered while we forgot.”