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Al-Hasan ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib , also spelled Hasan or Hassan, was the older son of Ali and Muhammad's daughter Fatimah, and was the older brother of Husain, as well as the fifth of Rashidun, or "Rightly Guided Caliphs". Muslims respect him as a grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Among Shia Muslims, Hasan is revered as the second Imam. Hasan was elected for the caliphate after his father's death, but abdicated after six or seven months to Muawiyah I, the founder of the Umayyad dynasty to end the First Fitna. After Hasan's abdication, the caliphate turned into kingship. Al-Hasan was known for donating to the poor, his kindness to the poor and bondsmen, and for his knowledge, tolerance and bravery. For the rest of his life, Hasan lived in Medina, until he died at the age of 45 and was buried in the Jannat al-Baqi cemetery in Medina. His wife, Ja'da bint al-Ash'at, is commonly accused of having poisoned him. Wikipedia  

✵ 1. March 624 – 669
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Famous Hasan ibn Ali Quotes

“The heart that is empty of doubt is the cleanest of hearts.”

Hasan ibn Ali

Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.78, p. 109
General Quotes

“I am among Ahlul Bayt, whom God has made obligatory on all Muslims to love. He, the Blessed and Most High, has said: "I do not ask of you any reward for it except love for (my) kin; and whoever earns good, We will give him more of good" [Qur'an, 42:23]. Therefore, earning good is showing love for us, Ahlul Bayt.”

Hasan ibn Ali

Shia source: al-Fadhl ibn al-Hasan al-Tabrisi, Majma‘ al-Bayān, vol.9, p. 29
Sunni sources: Ibn Hajar Al-Haythami, Al-Sawā'iq al-Muhriqah, p. 101 ; Ali ibn Abu Bakr al-Haythami, Majma‘ al-Zawa'id, vol.9, p. 146 ; al-Hakim, al-Mustadrak ‘alā al-Sahihain, vol.3, p. 172
Religious-based Quotes

“Thought, meditation and pondering is the life of clear sighted people”

Hasan ibn Ali

Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.72, p. 115
Regarding Knowledge

“I wonder at those who think about their body's food, but do not think about their soul's food. They keep away disturbing food from their belly, but fill up their hearts with destructive subjects.”

Hasan ibn Ali

Shaykh ‘Abbās Qummi, Safīnatul Bihār, Article of Taste
Religious-based Quotes

“If you cannot teach knowledge, than you should teach your intuition.”

Hasan ibn Ali

Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.78, p. 111
Regarding Knowledge

“Nothing sweetens life like a pleasant disposition.”

Hasan ibn Ali

Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.78, p. 111
General Quotes

“Both the abodes (this world and the Hereafter) are grasped by the intellect, and whoever is deprived of the intellect is deprived of them both.”

Hasan ibn Ali

al-Irbili, Kashf al-Ghamma, vol.3, p. 197
Regarding Knowledge

“Am I not the proof (Hujjat) of the Almighty, being his remembrance upon his creatures? Did not the Holy Prophet of Islam (saww) say, "Hasan and Husayn are two Leaders (Imāms), whether they are sitting or standing"? If I had not done this work (signed the peace treaty), nobody from amongst the Shī‘as would have remained in this world, and everybody would have been killed and annihilated.”

Hasan ibn Ali

Shaykh al-Sadūq, Ilal al-Shara'i, vol.1, p. 211
Religious-based Quotes

“I have not become one who bears malice to any Muslims, nor one who wishes evil or misfortune for him. Indeed what you dislike about unity is better for you than what you like about division. I see what is better for you, better than you see for yourselves. Therefore do not oppose my commands and do not reject my judgement. May God forgive both me and you, and may He guide me and you to that in which there is love and satisfaction.”

Hasan ibn Ali

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