 بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلاة والسلام على سيدنا وعظيمنا وحبيب قلوبنا وشفيع نفوسنا أب القاس محمد وعلى أهل بيته الطيبين الطاهرين واصحابه الغر الميامين الحمد لله الذي جعلنا من المتمسكين بولاية سيد ومولاية علي ابن أبي طالب الله سبحانه وتعالى الحمد لله الذي هدانا لهذا وما كنا لنهتد يا لو لا انهدان الله أما بعد يقول الله في كتابه الكريم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم قل لا أسألكم عليه أجرا إلا المودة في القربة The first of our salawat is in honour of the Messenger of Allah وحمس الله عليه وسلم الله مسلها الله The second is in honour of theā the Mu'minīn The third with your loudest voices is in honour of the Imam of Awatām, Imam صاحب العصر والزمان وحمس الله عليه وسلم Respect to scholars brothers and sisters بركاته صلوات الله وسلامه عليه was born on the 15th of Ramadan in the third year after Hijra and died in the month of Safar in the 50th year after Hijra A man from whose life many a lesson may be learnt and many an example may be derived And a man whose life has to be examined in depth for his life affects each and every one of our lives today Unfortunately, however, he continues to be a man whose depiction is extremely negative both in Muslim as well as in non-Muslim circles Arguably the most misunderstood of the Imam of Al-Muhammad is this Imam In the idea that until today he is not given the credit that he deserves for the amount of sacrifices, bravery, and acts of wisdom that he performed in his life Until today many question the bravery of Imam Al-Hasan, many question the wisdom of his decisions, many question his lifestyle And you find that in the academic world as well as within the Muslim world there are many who portray him in a very negative tone If you look for example in the academic world you'll find that many books which discuss the life of Imam Al-Hasan discuss him in a very negative tone Will Frishora for example in his book on the Agha Khans speaks of Imam Al-Hasan as a man who all he did in his life was marry and divorce They used to call him the habitual divorcee because they used to say all he used to enjoy was marrying women and divorcing them You find likewise this is echoed by Reverend Henri Lamon and further than this Amir Ali in his book The Spirit of Islam Talks about how Imam Al-Hasan was a man who was fond of the easy and quiet life He was not interested in the religion of Islam all he was interested in was being with woman and divorcing woman This negative portrayal of Imam Al-Hasan is a portrayal which exists until today At the same time you find that Imam Al-Hasan one of the other negative depictions about him was that they placed Imam Al-Hasan alongside personalities who did not build the religion of Islam Rather saw to destroy the religion of Islam until today people always say and you will find recently a documentary or a series has been made where people talk about Imam Al-Hasan and Muawiya as the great restorers of the religion of Islam The two of them bought unity to the religion and it really is sad that Imam Al-Hasan is compared with personalities whose only aim was to come and build a power base in the kingdom Not a caliphate in the religion of Islam Therefore you find that one of the accusations that exist until today about Imam Al-Hasan was that he sold his caliphate for 7 million derhams There is a book which discusses Imam Al-Hasan which says that Imam Al-Hasan sold his caliphate for 7 million derhams He sold it for 7 million, gave 2 million to Imam Al-Hasan He kept 5 million for himself and allowed Muawiya to continue ruling All of these accusations have to be replied back to And do not be surprised Imam Al-Hasan's grandfather is accused of similar things until today That the holy prophet until today people say was a man of woman and nothing more The holy prophet until today people say was a man who signed treaties more than showed bravery And therefore you find that there are many similarities when you analyze the biography of Imam Al-Hasan with his grandfather the holy prophet Let's examine his life and see what are the myths that were created about Imam Al-Hasan And how do we reply back to these myths Because in our communities unfortunately many of us know more about Imam Al-Hasan than about Imam Al-Hasan Some will say why is that unfortunate because Imam Al-Hasan himself used to look up to Imam Al-Hasan Further than this some of us believe Imam Al-Hasan was braver than Imam Al-Hasan You will find some people in the community will say Imam Al-Hasan was a weak man whereas Imam Al-Hasan was a brave man What they do not realize is if you swap their positions they would have acted in exactly the same way Let's examine this and dissect his biography in depth As we said the Imam was born on the 15th of Ramadan in the third year after Hijrah His parents were married the year before and therefore you found that he was the first child in the household of the family of the prophet As you know being the first child this board delight It board delight to the household of the prophet In which way in the idea that Rasool Allah's first grandson was Imam Al-Hasan And if you look at the reaction of Rasool Allah when he hears that Imam Al-Hasan was born The reaction is a wonderful reaction with Imam Al-Hasan there was more sadness when he was born Rasool Allah the hadith tell us when Imam Al-Hasan was born his steps were very heavy When he walked to the house of Fatima al-Zahra but with Imam Al-Hasan he was overjoyed He came to the house and there was straight away a connection between himself and Imam Al-Hasan And you find that the narration tell us that Imam Amir al-Mu'minin is asked what are you going to name this boy Imam replies with something which is interesting which not many people pay attention to Imam Ali replies the naming of my son is with Rasool Allah not with me When Rasool Allah has then asked what are you going to name your grandson He replies the naming of my grandson is with Allah سبحانه وتعالى Now this point is a delicate point normally people gloss over it Why is it a delicate point When a name is to be given by Allah سبحانه وتعالى That's an indication that this person wherever he goes in his life is being guided by Allah سبحانه وتعالى Isn't it As in now if I say that there is a rightly guided Khalifa Many of the rightly guided caliphs their names were given to them by mushrik fathers Isn't that true As in many of the caliphs we say are rightly guided their fathers were mushrik they were polytheists And they named them and at the end we said they are rightly guided How can we reach a conclusion That if someone whose father is mushrik and names him At the end of the day this person is rightly guided but the one who Allah سبحانه وتعالى Names we are not sure whether to call him rightly guided Because today in the world when you ask people how many rightly guided caliphs are there They say to you number one, number two, number three, number four You say how about Imam Al-Hasan they say we are not sure about Imam Al-Hasan Him and Mu'awiya are on the same level but we are not sure which one of them is right The reply that we give is Imam Al-Hasan when Rasool Allah says I await Jibril's command before I name him Isn't this an indication that Imam Al-Hasan is always guided by Allah سبحانه وتعالى So then Rasool Allah tells the family Jibril has just come to me and said to me name him Al-Hasan Al-Hasan was a name never given to anyone before him There was a mountain in Arabia There was a mountain called the Hasan Mountain But there was never a human being by the name of Hasan Therefore you found the first to be given this name Was Imam Al-Hasan And I tell you this name Hasan Al-Hasan Later on in Islamic history People would pride themselves on sacrificing anyone with this name People would come and kill anyone who had the name Hasan One person narrates I went to Sham I went to see one of my friends one of my cousins I entered the house I had noticed in Sham No one is called Hasan No one is called Hussein I was disappointed I entered my friend's house As soon as I entered he called his son I said Hasan Hussein come here I said to him Masha Allah You have named your sons Hasan and Hussein After the grand sons of Rasool Allah He said to me what do you mean Masha Allah He said it's an honor that you've named your sons after this He said no I named them this so that when I get angry I'll send my curse on Hasan And my curse on Hussein It's reached that level That these names of the flowers of the life of Rasool Allah Reached the level where people were embarrassed to give these names Embarrassed You find therefore that Rasool Allah Names him And there is no relationship like Imam Al-Hasan Imam Hussein with Rasool Allah To the extent that Rasool Allah He uses them as an intermediary For giving children their rights in the religion Because you know the Arabs The Arabs used to be embarrassed of showing affection to their kids To an Arab if you hug your child Or if you kiss your child It wasn't a sign of a masculine man in front of you No You were able to be proud of your children Yes They are a zina in your life But for you to kiss them this was unheard of Rasool Allah with Imam Al-Hasan Would perform many acts Not only out of his love for Imam Al-Hasan But so that others would see him And take as an example For example Whenever he'd walk past the house of his daughter He'd stop near the house And he'd say Oh family of the Prophet Where is the flower of my heart Al-Hasan Imam Al-Hasan would run out of the house Rasool Allah would hug him In front of all his companions And he'd say I love him And Allah loves the one who loves him You would find on another occasion That Rasool Allah would even Let Imam Al-Hasan sit on his shoulders And he'd walk around You know sometimes they call it piggy bank You put that child on your shoulder And he would walk around with the child You would find that the companions would come They would see Rasool Allah doing this Do you know what they'd say to Imam Al-Hasan Not to Rasool Allah They'd say to the young Imam Al-Hasan Oh son How blessed you are with the steed that you are riding Rasool Allah would reply No How blessed I am with the rider This was an indication All of these are indications You're telling the boy How blessed he is on my shoulder On the contrary How blessed I am with the rider That I'm honored that this boy Rides on my shoulder On top of this You would find Rasool Allah He would lengthen it for Imam Al-Hasan To be on the back And you would find Rasool Allah Telling the people That this is the master of the youth of Paradise This is the flower of my life One day one of the Arabs By the name of Al-Aggra Al-Aggra means the bold headed one May Allah bless the mother Who is so creative with that name Al-Aggra Called the bold headed one Al-Aggra on one occasion Comes to Rasool Allah I saw you kiss Imam Al-Hasan today He said yes He said I've got ten sons I've never kissed any of them He said why He said they are my sons What am I doing kissing them I want them to be men Rasool Allah would reply With a beautiful answer He'd say whoever doesn't have mercy Will not receive mercy From Allah سبحانه وتعالى Have mercy towards these children Hasan and Hussein I showed them mercy So you follow this example Therefore the first influence On the life of Imam Al-Hasan Was Rasool Allah The second influence Was the spirituality Of his mother Fatima I tell you People do not realize How much of a relation Imam Hasan had With his mother Fatima Do you know Every lesson Imam Al-Hasan Had in his life The origin Of the lesson Was his mother Fatima And that's why Imam Al-Asqari Salawat Allah And peace be upon him Imam Al-Asqari Has a phenomenal line Imam Al-Asqari says We the imams Are a hujja over the people And Fatima Is a hujja over us We Are a hujja Are a proof on the people But our grandmother Fatima Is a proof over us In which way Imam Al-Hasan Would show us A mother With spirituality Can build a household Napoleon Used to say Give me good mothers I'll give you a strong nation Imam Al-Hasan On many occasions Would talk about The lessons He learned from his mother And that's why Do you know No Imam of Ahl al-Bayt Had spirituality Like Imam Al-Hasan When it came to Hajj Imam Al-Hasan 25 occasions He walked to Hajj By foot Today If the flight is late You always have that one Naggy person in the group Isn't it The headache I call him Or some call him the virus You find that There's always one person In the group Who gives you a headache Because of a flight Being late Habibi Why are you coming with us Hajj Stay at home Go on holiday Somewhere else The Hajj Was meant to be a struggle You find that Imam Al-Hasan Learned the spirituality This love for worship From his mother In which way In the middle of the night I was only a child I'd wake up I'd see my mother In the middle of the night I'd go and sit next to her While she's supplicating While she's supplicating I'd go and sit next to her And while I'd be next to her I'd want to listen to her Du'a Her supplication And I'd hear her Supplication Saying Ya Allah Forgive the members Of the community And then forgive us Ya Allah And forgive us And forgive us And forgive us And forgive us And forgive us And forgive us Ya Allah Bless the members Of the community And bless us Ya Allah Be generous To the members of the community And be generous to us Say mother In the middle of the night I see you Praying for everybody else How about for your household She replied to him With an exquisite line Oh my son Hasan First the neighbors Then the house One of the conditions Of Du'a being accepted Which many of us Don't understand Is that first We have to ask For our friends Then ourselves Many of us Are very selfish Straight away I want this, I want that I want this, I want that Okay How about the other community members One day a person Came to Rasool Allah In this issue He said Ya Rasool Allah My Du'a Is not being accepted Rasool Allah You prayed for others First then yourself He said No He said Very well Pray for others Rasool Allah Bless me Bless Muhammad And don't bless anyone else He said No, no, no You don't need to be The Du'a like that I mean That you prayed for everybody And for yourself That have this lack Of remove this selfishness From you Imam Al-Hasan Would say In the middle of the night The world is asleep My mother Fatima I would see her read Du'a Supplicate to others He'd say Then My mother Fatima What would I see He'd say In the daytime I'd see my mother Fatima Answering the questions Of religion For the woman Of Arabia This is a mother This is a mother There is spirituality And a service For Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala Today You find some of the mothers There is a lack Of spirituality sometimes There's more concern With the image of the child The schooling of the child The degree of the child So I can show off to the community Fatima Said these things are good Having a degree Having education No problem But where's the spirituality Where you as a role model For your daughter Or your son Fatima A lady would come Imam Al-Hasan would say Ladies would come to my mother's house My mother's cooking My mother's cleaning My mother's looking after all of us Yet a lady would come And say to her Oh my dear lady Fatima My mother is ill I have come to ask her questions On her behalf I want you to answer them Fatima Would say What are the questions The reply would be They are questions concerning Salah Fatima Would tell her Go ahead Ask That lady would ask And ask And ask And ask Until at the end She said to Fatima Or lady of light I may have troubled you Too much with my questions Forgive me Maybe it's better That I don't ask anymore Listen to Fatima The reply would be Imam Al-Hasan Imam Al-Hasan is so young at this time You know Imam Al-Hasan Was eight years of age When his mother died All of this that I'm telling you He saw from a young age He said My mother looked at her and said If a person Was asked to carry something From the ground to the roof Of a building For a thousand dinar Would they say they are tired The lady said no She said I when I answer your questions Allah has promised The reward of pearls Between the heavens And the earth Why would I be tired When it's a service To Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala That generosity From Fatima And then another influence On his young days Was his father Amir Al-Mu'mineen His father Had a major impact on him Do you know why Because his father Imam would see The sacrifices His father And mother Would make us a couple Remember a child Looks at the relationship Of their parents Is it healthy Is it softly spoken Are there arguments And shouting at home Constantly Many a child psychologically Is damaged When they see their parents Fighting all the time At home Sometimes as parents There is a role to play Where if I have a difference With my wife Why do I take it out In front of the whole Of the children Of the house When my aunt And my wife Sit somewhere else In the house And talk In Muslim communities today If I have a problem With my wife I'll bring her down In front of her children A little bait Never taught us like this A little bait Tort us Even if there's a difference Of opinion There's another room You can go to Talk between yourselves Fighting in front Of your children That child psychologically Is damaged That child psychologically Is hurt She would say I would see My mother The most beautiful Combination of a marriage And subhanallah He would say That night When me and Hassan and Hussein Were ill And my parents Were worried about us And they asked Rasoolallah Ya Rasoolallah What is it that we should do Hassan and Hussein Are ill He said fast Make a vow That if they get better You will fast For three nights He said the first night I saw that as we Were about to break Our fast Someone knocked at our door He said I saw my mother And my father Speak to each other And they said Whoever it is Whatever they need We will give them Imagine you're about To break your افطار Imagine now tonight In شهر رمضان You're about to break your افطار Someone knocks at the door Say Do you mind giving me something You'll say Listen I've been fasting For 12 hours Leave this house Oh if he's lucky What will we do We might give him A loaf of something Some small piece of meat And let them go He said I saw my father And my mother When the person Answered the door Oh family of the prophet We are ill We are prisoner And often a captive On each of the nights I saw them Go to sleep without any food This family I tell you This family Their sacrifice cannot be counted You can't count the sacrifice If it's in terms of food If it's in terms of wealth If it's in terms of their own life You can't count it And he said That was when the verse و يطعمون الطعام على حبه مسكين و يتيمن و أسيرا They would give Towards the prisoner And the wolf and the captive And what did they want They didn't want جزاء They didn't want شكر They didn't want the community to thank them Rather it was from their hearts He saw their sacrifices And that's why إمام الحسن's first grand occasion at a young age was when his grandfather رسول الله took him on the occasion of مباهلة When he went to meet the Christians of نجران these Christians were amazed Do you know why they were amazed إمام الحسن was six years old إمام الحسن was five years old They could not believe that رسول الله had bought a six and a five year old on an event where Allah was going to send down a curse on the disbelievers But do you know what was so beautiful about that event رسول الله was telling the Muslims It was a year and a half before he died مباهلة was one and a half years before رسول الله died And exactly one year before the day of غدير When رسول الله went to the event of مباهلة Many companions thought he'd take them with him When رسول الله took his family Do you know what he was saying He was saying when it comes to sacrificing the religion on a day like مباهلة or any day after مباهلة these are the five all of you have to look up to It was an indication that after I die when the Quran says فمن حاجك فيه من بعد ما جاك من العلم فقل تعالوا ندعو أبناءنا وابناءكم ونساءنا ونساءكم ونفوسنا ونفوسكم The Quran Allah tells him take your sons He takes Hassan and Hussein and therefore when you look at Imam those first eight years were eight years of glory all of a sudden then the trials of life begin to it his grandfather رسول الله dies and when his grandfather رسول الله dies the narration says to us that when his grandfather رسول الله dies on his deathbed his grandfather is narrated to have said when Imam Ali came to remove Imam حسن his grandfather said now let me smell more of him and let him smell more of me then only a few months later Imam الحسن sees his mother فاعتمت الزهراء killed in front of him eight years of age so why can't these children sit down only Allah knows eight years of age you find Imam الحسن sees his grandmother فاعتمت his mother فاعتمت الزهراء killed in front of him and he becomes really the father of the house he becomes the father of the house that he's got a younger brother حسين and he's got a younger sister زيناب and he's got another younger sister كلثوم and Imam الحسن saw certain things with his mother I don't want to mention from the منبار Imam الحسن saw the way his mother was treated and it stayed with him for years you see your mother the way she was hit that stays with you when your mother was angry with certain personalities who come outside her house every book of حديث says that when she said this is the house of the daughter of Rasool Allah and the reply was so what so what will come and burn the house read read the book of حديث who was فاعتمت angry with when she died yet the responsibility therefore came for Imam الحسن to act as a father figure for his brother and his younger sisters and that's why I'll tell you something one of the biggest myths created about Imam الحسن which I always hear and I tell you it's a great myth that people say Imam الحسن was not as strong as Imam الحسن he didn't have Imam الحسن's bravery Imam الحسن was very brave we saw it at Karbala they say Imam الحسن had no bravery Imam الحسن was someone who was fond of the easy life Imam الحسن was someone who enjoyed staying away from the battlefield do you know at Jamal and Safin there was no one as important as Imam الحسن on the battlefield at Jamal and Safin there was no one as important as Imam الحسن on the battlefield I ask all of you as followers of Imam الحسن how many of us have read about Imam الحسن in Jamal how many of us have read about Imam الحسن at Safin how many of us do you know before the battle of Jamal do you know who made people come and fight with Imam Ali alongside Imam Ali Imam الحسن gave a خطبة before the battle of Jamal I tell you this was one of the most powerful lectures ever given in Islamic history Imam الحسن أبو موسى الأشعري when he was in Kufa was telling people don't go and fight with Ali ibn Abi Talib stay in Kufa Imam الحسن turned around and his father said حسن go with Ammar ibn Yasir go and give a speech to them and tell them who I am I tell you when you read that speech you should go away and read the speech of Imam الحسن he gave a speech where he told the people of Kufa have you forgotten the day of Ghadir when my father was chosen did you forget what my father gave the religion of Islam when he was younger at Badr and at Ohud and at Khandakh and at Khaybar and Hunain and now people come out to fight my father and you are sitting here he rallied the troops on the day of Jamal all of them came on the front line on the day of Jamal حسن ibn Ali مالك الأشتر محمد ibn Ababak محمد ibn Hanafiyah all of them were standing on the front line on the day of Jamal Imam أمير المؤمنين tells محمد ibn Hanafiyah his son from another wife from خولة بن جعفار Imam sage to Muhammad or Muhammad you see those soldiers even if their arrows are coming towards you remain firm like the mountains محمد ibn Hanafiyah was a valiant warrior he came out he came back surely to his dad he said dad I can't continue he said to him why he said because their arrows are sharp and they are showering on us his father looked at him and he said that is the difference between all sons and the sons of Fatamat he said to him why he said look at my son حسن if I let him out on that battle he will annihilate their army when Imam Ali says annihilate an army Imam Ali knows the soldier Imam الحسن if he went out in the battle of Jamal by himself Imam Ali was confident Imam الحسن would have annihilated them by himself but Imam الحسن kept calling him back and when he'd say father what is it he kept on telling him حسن stay back you are the Imam after me stay back I don't want you to be in the middle because I know you in the middle I know how brave you are none will come near you but stay back and then even at صفين even at صفين Imam الحسن at صفين had a fantastic effect on the battle to the extent أبيض الله ابن عمر ابن الخطاب أبيض الله tried to bribe Imam الحسن at صفين أبيض الله at صفين comes to Imam الحسن on behalf of معاوية he says to him الحسن knowing how brave Imam الحسن is they used to say at صفين if you can break Imam Ali Imam الحسن and you can win he came to Imam الحسن at صفين he said حسن listen your father the Arabs hate him because when he was younger he killed many of their fathers take this envelope and join our side we will look after you in a way we will والله Imam الحسن looked at him he said a man like me joins a man like you and a man like me leaves a father like my father he said you'll die shortly and Subhan Allah it was only shortly after that that عبيض الله ابن عمر died at صفين when Imam Ali when Sulayman الخزاع came to Imam Ali at صفين and Imam Ali looked at him and he said Sulayman I expected you to be loyal to us but I don't see any loyalty Sulayman now Imam said but I thought you'll be alongside me Sulayman went to Imam الحسن at صفين he said حسن look at the way your dad talks to me why is your dad so angry with me and Imam الحسن would say when my dad loves someone he's disappointed when he doesn't see his loyalty calm down do not be angry he had that calming influence in the battle of صفين that people would look up to him when the times got tough they'd see حسن ابن علي they'd stand alongside him and that's why when صفين finished Imam was disappointed why because Imam الحسن looked at the people at صفين Ali on one side محاوي on the other the man who sacrificed everything for the religion they leave him and they join the man whose father virtually wanted to destroy the religion and that's why the arbitration at صفين Imam looked at أبو موسى الأشعار and looked at the people and he said clearly to the people he said أبو موسى الأشعار you choose him if عمار ابن الخطاب thought أبو موسى الأشعار is good he would have put him in the not only this he said and أبو موسى wants to choose عبد الله بن عمر if عبد الله بن عمر was worthy then his father would have elected him then he said and asked for you خوارج who have left the army of my father because you know نهروان was after صفين the خوارج who were from the army and Imam Ali they fought him he said as for you who say there shouldn't be arbitration you don't just be brave with your sword sometimes you have to be brave with your tongue as well he looked at them and he said as for you who say there shouldn't be arbitration did رسول الله not choose سعاد بن معاد and his arbitration with بن القريضة then why are you talking about no arbitration when سعاد بن معاد was used for بن القريضة by the prophet these people unfortunately left the side of his father and that's why in the 40th year after hijra إمام الحسن sees his father killed in the mosque of kufa by عبد الرحمن بن ملجمان and I tell you إمام الحسن was deeply affected by his father's death for a number of reasons the first reason was that natural sentimental value as son has with the father and can you have a father like Ali بن أبي ضالي honestly can a human have a father like امير المؤمنين it's impossible that anyone can come near Ali بن أبي طالب in terms of his warmth in terms of his generosity in terms of his justice none could come near the son of Abu Talib and remember إمام علي بوتب إمام الحسن حسن انسان بن قلثوم إمام علي بوت بوت سمس their mother فاطمة died and do you know what hurt إمام الحسن secondly عبد الرحمن بن ملجم is thirsty then make sure you give him water and if عبد الرحمن بن ملجم needs food give him the best food and if عبد الرحمن بن ملجم needs clothing clothing and if عبد الرحمن بن ملجم one strike kills me then strike him with one don't mutilate his body because رسول الله said don't even let my father like this can you live and do you know what made it worse for him he said when I went to bury my father on my way back I saw a man crying he said on the way back when I saw this man crying I looked at him I said oh man what's wrong he looked at me and he said and according to some narrations this man couldn't even see he looked towards me and he said for three nights for every night in this holy month there used to be a man who would come and feed me but for three nights I haven't seen any man I don't know who the man was I'm crying because I was used to him coming to feed me and Imam began to cry he said that was my father so he looked at me he said where's he been for these three nights he said even ملجم struck him and I just buried him now it's difficult after that but he had to take the responsibility of Imam at the age of what at the age of 37 he took the responsibility of Imam when he stood up in kufa he told the people last night the best of Allah's creation after Rasool Allah has died a man who was the man of piety the man of justice the man of honor now I take over the position of succeeding my father and I'm telling you I am surprised that a Muslim that says there are only four rightly guided so you are saying Imam Al-Hassan Imam Al-Hassan not rightly guided so Imam Al-Hassan now alongside Muawiyah that's what Islam came to sometimes a Muslim needs to sit back and ask themselves what did we do in our history who wrote the books Imam Al-Hassan when he came into power Muawiyah had already fought his father now Muawiyah was in control of four countries Palestine Lebanon Jordan Syria in those days Sham doesn't mean Sham today Sham today is just Syria Sham in those days Palestine Lebanon Jordan Syria four countries and Muawiyah began an onslaught against Imam Al-Hassan Muawiyah was sending spy after spy find out what's he saying what's he doing when Imam Al-Hassan called these spies this is now an important moment when Imam Al-Hassan called these spies Imam Al-Hassan said what is it that he wants he wants a war let's have a war does he know whose son I am I'm not worried about him let's have a war there's one problem your father's just had three wars and his soldiers don't want to fight anymore that's the problem that he faced and that's the problem many did not understand Jamal Safreen one three wars in four years Imam Al-Hassan wanted to finish Muawiyah but when he turned around in the mosque in Kuwait he said oh soldiers get ready let's us go out and fight Muawiyah many of them turned around and said we are tired of fighting he said but there is blood there's injustice there's oppression what do you mean you're tired we all have to stand up عدي بالحاتم عدي صنب حاتم الطائي عدي صداب he said what's wrong with you is this not the grandson of Rasool Allah telling you to come and all of them are like we are tired Imam managed to mobilize 20,000 of them you know how many Muawiyah had 76,000 even then 76,000 against 20,000 you think Imam gave up Imam didn't give up Imam said to his soldiers let's fight but do you know the first problem soldiers are tired second problem the soldiers who are turning up give them a million dinar and an envelope they're willing now to change their religion it's hard to find 72 72 is hard Karbala 61AH 10th of Muaharram how many how many 72 it's hard to find more than that honestly in this world it's hard if he had more he would have gone ahead his own cousin عبايد الله ابن عباست his cousin had 8,000 soldiers under him Imam sent them to the front Muawiyah sent 1,000,000 درهم عبايد الله that's its websites soldiers money Muawiyah the promises he was giving because you remember Muawiyah his government was huge Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan all under Muawiyah all of them under Muawiyah Muawiyah was promising some soldiers if you want my daughters or my nieces you can marry them others he was saying millions palaces, horses whatever you want I'll give you others he was offering them positions and posts Imam Al-Hasan ended up with 8,000 soldiers Muawiyah 76,000 and even then Imam Al-Hasan after that was still saying let's fight if you're ready to fight I'll go but then Muawiyah did the cleverest thing spread a rumor amongst Imam Ali that Imam Al-Hasan Imam Al-Hasan doesn't want to fight when the rumor was spread who were there the khawarij khawarij where like we hear Imam Al-Hasan doesn't want to fight Imam Al-Hasan wanted to fight Imam Al-Hasan actually had the confidence that if you give me that battlefield even if there are 10 times more than me I can finish them even if there are 10 times more I can finish them I have the bravery leave it to me and I've got I've got I've got others أمر بالحمق الخزاعي these soldiers with me I can finish but Muawiyah played the clever game spread a rumor that Hasan wants peace صل خوارج and ran to him and said we hear that you want peace and they came and they stabbed Imam Al-Hasan in his thigh and Imam Al-Hasan at this moment do you know this Imam is an oppressed Imam people do not realize this Imam didn't want peace Imam wanted to finish Muawiyah but now he thought to himself if I've got soldiers who are going to stab me in the back and Muawiyah wants to stab me in the front who can I trust so he did what his grandfather رسول الله did at Hudaibiyah sometimes Imam's of Ahlul Bayt when they base a decision they base it on what their grandfather did in his life his soldiers were saying fight Muawiyah even there's a few of us left Imam calculated he thought no I swear that if we fight there will not be a single Shi'a living on this earth so they said to Muawiyah what are you going to do he said we'll do what my grandfather did at Hudaibiyah we'll sign a treaty but through the treaty we'll expose the other side you know if Muawiyah and Imam Al-Hasan fought and Muawiyah killed Imam Al-Hasan people would have still like today said سيدنا Muawiyah سيدنا Al-Hasan there was a bad problem between them so you know what Imam did رسول الله when he signed the Hudaibiyah treaty and he said why let's kill them رسول الله said no no no if you fight people will still not know who's right and who's wrong let's have a peace treaty but in the treaty we make a condition when the other side break it then the people will know who's on the right and who's on the wrong Imam Al-Hasan when the people said to him who are you basing your decision on a peace treaty with Muawiyah he said my grandfather did the same at Hudaibiyah and do you know what the terms of the treaty do you know why Imam Al-Hasan signed that treaty Imam Al-Hasan signed it because the terms would expose Muawiyah's behavior Muawiyah and Yazid are two different people Yazid publicly not religious privately not religious Muawiyah publicly unbelievably religious Imam Al-Hasan has to fight Yazid because Yazid's blatant moral corruption Imam Al-Hasan has to be clever and now with Muawiyah so Imam Al-Hasan what does he do he signs the treaty with Muawiyah he sets these terms term number one you will stop the cursing of my father in the Friday prayer term number two you will not change the Sunnah of my grandfather term number three you will stop the killing of the Shi'a of my father term number four the blood money of Jamal and Safin is to be returned back to the owners term number five when you die you will give this leadership to me or my brother Hussein did Muawiyah honor any of those none of them term number one you stop the cursing of my father Ali ibn Abi Talib 60 years every Friday prayer every single Friday prayer for 60 years begins may God curse Ali ibn Abi Talib every Friday prayer for 60 years term number one broken term number two you will not change the Sunnah of my grandfather the holy prophet and you find Salat al Juma'a was prayed on a Wednesday Salat al Juma'a when is Juma'a Friday so why are we praying on a Wednesday Muawiyah pray Juma'a on a Wednesday Muawiyah gives a khutbah the idea of a khutbah is the joint to be standing when you give a khutbah isn't it you find that Muawiyah would sit when you give a khutbah and other changes to the Sunnah and others and others killed حجر بن عدي الكندي عمر بن حمق الخزاعي رشاد الحجري all of these were killed by Muawiyah number four the blood money of those who died at jeminal safini you return it they didn't return any money but the fifth was the worst you return the leadership back to us did he return it back or who did he give it to he gave it back to his son Yazid بن Muawiyah he gave it to Yazid but what did he مام الحسن اجيب from that peace treaty امام الحسن اجيبت two things number one I've exposed his character now now you see clearly what he's about tell me a man who curses the fourth Khalifa am I meant to say رضي الله عنه I don't understand what type of mind am I using سو علي رضي الله عن عن معاوية رضي الله عن والله that's going to be some jannah we're going to go to I tell you and then on top of that he made sure that the followers of عن محمد's life would be saved because had امام الحسن not used the wisdom of his grandfather in signing that treaty there wouldn't be a follow of عن محمد today they would have annihilated them but امام الحسن looked at those around him he said the best option is signing a treaty and that treaty would lead to them for the tenth of محران therefore those who say حسن ابن علي was not brave I tell you حسن ابن علي if he had it his way and if he had his brothers companions he would have finished of that army right in front of him then they made a myth about his personal life what did they say they said امام الحسن all he does is get married divorced married divorced married divorced the first to make up this myth was who was أبو الحسن المداعني أبو الحسن المداعني was the first to make up this myth when أبو الحسن المداعني said امام الحسن married and divorced seventy women in his life how many seventy and so one wife is enough for you to keep in your house seventy you have time for seventy marriages and seventy divorces the son of Rasool Allah has nothing else to do but then when you study أبو الحسن المداعني nobody love Benny Omeya like أبو الحسن I wouldn't be surprised I wouldn't be surprised then you had الشبلنجي in نور الأفصار says أمام الحسن married ninety women and divorced all ninety of them and then you had arguably the worst was أبو طالب المكي أبو طالب المكي has a book called قوة القلوب it's still available until today it's a fourth century book أبو طالب المكي says أمام الحسن married three hundred women and divorced three hundred do you have time as mathematically is that possible as a human or no I honestly I don't know if you were to calculate mathematically can we marry and divorce three hundred times with that idea and revocables and all these things can you maybe someone can do a bit of research on this even mathematically speaking if we were to think about it mathematically أمام الحسن they say he married three hundred women between the time of his dad's خلافة until his death his dad became 36 AH isn't it أمام الحسن died 50 AH how many years is that 14 أمام الحسن was already married to three women خول الفزارية that was number one and he was married to and he was married to who would later on kill him yes so how many is he married to at the time of his dad's خلافة 3 they say 14 year period he married three hundred yes if we say he marries a fourth in that 14 years that would come to a conclusion that if he marries a fourth but keeps divorcing and marries a fourth and divorces and you've got an ادى period someone says but I'd does for the woman well if she's your fourth wife you have to wait for the revocable period because she can still come back to you isn't it so say 14 times 4 what's 14 times 4 56 so where did 300 come from if we're saying four wives every year 14 times 4 that comes to about 56 let's say so إمام الحسن if he did nothing else in Islam but get married he married 26 women well this is ridiculous I tell you and this عبطالب المكي when you study his life عبطالب المكي the one who made this حديث عبطالب المكي the حديث specialist say in the last days of his life he went so insane that he used to look up to the skies and say oh people beware of him because he causes all the trouble in his life do I listen to someone like this this man is insane but he amongst others used to say إمام الحسن all he does is marry and divorce nothing else do you know who started this rumor إمام الحسن's cousin المنصور الدوانيقي عباسد خليفة do you know why المنصور began this rumor إمام الحسن we know that the sayids all from إمام الحسن's line إمام زين عبدين إمام البعض إمام الحسن's grandchildren all of them were fighting against بني عباس محمد نفس الزكية عبد الله ابن يحي بن الحسن حسين بن علي الخير all of these were the grand sons or great grand sons of إمام الحسن from حسن المثنة from his from عبد الله from يحيا all of them were fighting بني عباس so do you know what بني عباس decided to do let's destroy the character of these people's great grandfather let's say the man all he did was divorce his whole life nothing more nothing less and you find this myth until today I swear recently on the television channel there was a scholar a so called Islamic scholar they said to him how great is إمام الحسن he said he's good but he can't be compared to Muawiyah so they said to him why he said because Muawiyah was not foolish enough to divorce like إمام الحسن used to always divorce myth number one lack of bravery myth number two his divorces رسول الله by the way destroyed all of these myths even in his lifetime because there's one حديث of رسول الله which is the most important حديث which proves إمام الحسن what was it my sons حسن and حسين are imams whether they are sitting or standing that's it my sons حسن and حسين are imams whether they are sitting or standing standing means حسين كربلا sitting means حسن إمام does he mean my son حسن is an imam does he mean إمام of صلاة جماعة no everybody can be إمام صلاة جماعة does he mean إمام of the government no every Tom Dick and Harry can be an imam of a government إمام means إمام for the soul of the human being إمام as a source of guidance for the human being my son حسن is an imam my son حسن is an imam be they sitting or standing if حسن sits he's your imam if حسن stands he's your imam whoever fights them fights me whoever fights me fights Allah سبحانه وتعالى whoever angers them angers me whoever angers me angers Allah yet with all of these accusations إمام الحسن maintained managed to the highest level I tell you they used to call him a man of morals a man who was as noble as رسول الله people used to say what has حسن inherited from you he used to say my manners and my nobility إمام الحسن one day is walking I tell you إمام الحسن one day his manners when people were angry with him a man came to him and said to me God curse you and curse your father علي ابنة بيطال you know what he replied to him he said oh man you seem like a stranger in Medina if you do not have a house come and live in my house if you do not have food let me give you food if you don't have clothes let me give you clothes oh man welcome to our house maybe they told you the wrong information about me and my father and the man looked at him and he said no no no I have never seen morals like your morals I abuse your dad and you come back to me softheartedly truly Allah knows where to place his manners He knows where to place his message you would find on another occasion إمام الحسن used to be known as the generous one a man says I entered Medina I was hungry I saw this man walking I said excuse me oh man do you mind if I come and eat some food at your house I don't have anywhere to eat the man said you're more than welcome but I have a son who lives down there why don't you go to him he said well now that I've seen you never to eat at your house he said I entered his house to eat with him but this man all he was eating was dry bread you know who it is all he was eating was dry dry bread and I'm getting this bread I'm trying to break it without showing him and I can't break it he said to excuse me oh man where was your son's house again he said oh it's the one there he went he had a brilliant meal at إمام الحسن's house then إمام الحسن looked at him he said I don't know this man he lives down the road from you he said what does his house look like he said like this he said what does he look like he explained he said what was he eating he said he has dry bread doesn't eat anymore he said so why did he send you here he said you will not find anyone as generous as my son he said what a father I have what a father like إمام الحسن جنرسة إمام الحسن موارلز إمام الحسن معرفة إمام أمير المؤمنين يجب أن يقول لا أحد يجب أن يكون معرفة like my son إمام الحسن يجب أن يكون معرفة يجب أن يسأل لك many questions and that's why one day a group of Romans came to Muawiyah and when these Romans came to Muawiyah they said you claimed to be the caliph of God he said yes I am أمير المؤمنين even though the treaty it said you can't call yourself أمير المؤمنين he called himself they said we have some questions to ask you he said what are they they said what is the distance between the heavens and the earth and what's the distance between right and wrong and what is a new agenda and which existence came without a mother and father and which ten things one is harder than the other Muawiyah looked at them he said I have not got a clue what you're talking about go to Hassan and ask him the Romans went to Imam Hassan they said we have some questions he said go ahead said what is the distance between the heavens and the earth Imam Hassan said the cry of an oppressed person in دعاء so what's the distance between right and wrong Imam Hassan said four fingers between the ears and the eyes what you see what you hear in the ears must be verified by the eyes what's the neutral agenda Imam says a child if you cannot tell their agenda you will wait for seminal emission if there is no seminal emission you will wait for the urine depending on the shape of a urine you will know if it's a male or female if still after that then they are known as a neutral agenda said which animals were born without a mother and father or which humans were born without a mother and father as well animals and humans he said Adam Eve the sheep in the story of Ibrahim the snake in the story of Musa the crow who buried Adam who buried Habil and Qabeel he said these were all born without a mother and father and the camel of Prophet Saleh no mother nor father they said in which ten things one is harder than the other he said stone is hard iron breaks the stone fire melts the iron water extinguishes fire the clouds carry water the wind blows the clouds and angel controls the wind the angel of death overpowers the angel who controls wind death overpowers the angel of death and Allah overpowers death because he is the living that does not die and these Romans all came towards the religion of Islam in terms of his knowledge his generosity his morals there is none like الحسن بن علي none and that's why he left a legacy behind you know what Karbala he had more sons than Imam الحسين to give away at Karbala and look at those valued sons he gave away when you look at each of those sons if I was just to mention two of them one of them his son Abdullah I tell you that Abdullah who he gave away that Abdullah who he gave away say the Zainab says I saw Hussain lying on the ground with arrows surrounding his body and Omar bin Sa'ad saying to him and Omar bin Sa'ad saying to Harmal bin Kahil shoot an arrow on his chest as he was about to shoot I saw the young son of Imam الحسن run and shout out how dare you strike my uncle first strike me and he sat on his his uncle and he put his hand out and he said my uncle I'm never allowed them to kill you while I'm alive that son Abdullah there is none like him and is there a son like Al Qasim is there or not that Qasim I tell you that Qasim how did our mother survive seeing the pieces of bodies spread around the ground in Karbala and that's why Imam الحسن one memorable thing he tells Imam الحسن before he dies you know there is some really stupid narrations about how Imam الحسن died one narration which this historian Donaldson says Imam الحسن died from tuberculosis and another says a stick fell in his foot and another says someone stabbed him no Imam الحسن معاوية said to جعدة the wife of Imam الحسن he said to her if you poison الحسن I'll let you marry a seed she poisoned Imam الحسن she said now let me marry a seed he said you just poisoned the grandson of the man who bought this religion you think I'm going to allow you to marry a seed he said أبا عبد الله I can hear your sisters coming cover the ball cover the ball because I can't bear to let Zaynab see what's in that bowl I said to him Imam الحسن if you couldn't bear to let Zaynab see what was in that bowl then how did you think about Zaynab when she saw your brother's head in a bowl in Sham you find that Imam الحسن had this magnanimous nature about him and therefore it is vital that we honor him like we honor Imam الحسن in our communities we have one night for the Shahada of Imam الحسن and ten nights for the Shahada of Imam الحسن maybe it's about time we started thinking about ten nights for the both of them we pray to Allah to raise us with Imam الحسن to allow us to be amongst this companions in this world and the hereafter allow us to receive his intercession