Top 9 Hasan ibn Ali Quotes

5th Rashidun Caliph (r. 661) and second Shia Imam

Hasan ibn ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib (Arabic: الحسن بن علي بن أﺑﻲ طالب ) ‎(625 – 670 AD) was the grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, the son of ‘Alī and Fātimah, as well as the second Twelver Shī‘ah Imām.

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Native Name: أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ الْهَاشِمِيُّ الْقُرَشِيُّ

Alternative Names: Ḥasan ibn ʿAli ibn Abī Ṭālib • Imam Hassan • Imam Hasan • Leader of the Youth of Paradise • Fifth Caliph of Islam

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Shaykh al-Mufīd, Kitāb al-Irshād, p. 279-289:

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.

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.

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.

Nothing sweetens life like a pleasant disposition.

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

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.

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

If you cannot teach knowledge, then you should teach your intuition.