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Muhammad bin Abdullah al-Hadrami said: I heard Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Numayr say: "The kunyah of Sayyiduna Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) is Abu Muhammad."

Sayyidah Umm al-Fadl (may Allah be pleased with her) came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: I have seen (in a dream) a part of your body in me. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You have seen a good dream. Fatimah will give birth to a boy, and you will suckle him with the milk of Qutham." The narrator said: So she carried him and brought him to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and placed him in his lap, and he urinated, so she struck him with her hand. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You have hurt my son, may Allah have mercy on you." She said: Give me your lower garment so that I may wash it. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The urine of a girl is washed, and water is sprinkled over the urine of a boy."

Sayyiduna Uqbah bin al-Harith (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I was with Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) when he passed by Sayyiduna Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), and he seated him on his neck and said: "May my father be ransomed for him, he resembles the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), not Ali." He said: And Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was with him too, and he began to laugh. May Allah be pleased with them all.

Sayyiduna Uqbah bin al-Harith (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I went out with Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), then he narrated a hadith like it.

The father of Asim bin Kulayb narrated: Sayyiduna Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with them both) was mentioned in the presence of Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), and he said: "He used to resemble the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)."

Shuja' bin Abd al-Rahman narrated that he saw Sayyiduna Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) with his hair touching his shoulders.

Abdullah bin Abi Zuhayr, the freed slave of Sayyiduna Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), said: I saw Sayyiduna Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) applying wasmah (a kind of dye). Al-Hadrami said: Ubadah said it like this, "the freed slave of Hasan", whereas he is the freed slave of Husayn.

Abdullah bin Abi Zuhayr al-Nakha'i said: I saw Sayyiduna Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) dyeing (his hair) with black dye.

Zadhan Abu Mansur said: I saw Sayyiduna Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) dyeing (his hair) with henna and katam (a plant).

It is narrated from al-Sha'bi that Sayyiduna Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) used to dye (his hair) black.

Ja'far bin Muhammad narrated from his father that Sayyiduna Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) used to dye (his hair) black.

Shuja' bin Abd al-Rahman narrated that he saw Sayyiduna Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), dyed with black, riding a long-tailed horse.

Mustaqim bin Abd al-Malik said: I saw Sayyiduna Hasan and Sayyiduna Husayn (may Allah be pleased with them both) when they had grown old (their hair had turned white), and they did not dye it.

Zayd bin al-Hasan (bin Ali) said: I saw a tuft of hair on the head of Sayyiduna Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), and I saw him pull it until he brought it close.

Ja'far narrated from his father that he said: Sayyiduna Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) used to wear his ring on his left hand.

Ja'far bin Muhammad narrated from his father that Sayyiduna Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) used to wear his ring on his left hand.

Sayyidah Umm al-Fadl (may Allah be pleased with her) said: I said: O Messenger of Allah, I saw in a dream as though one of the parts of your body were in my house, or she said: in my room. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If Allah wills, Fatimah will give birth to a boy, and you will raise him." She said: So Fatimah gave birth to Hasan, and he was given to me, and I suckled him with the milk of Qutham bin Abbas. She said: Then one day I brought him to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he urinated on his chest, so I gave him a light push on his back. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Gently, may Allah have mercy on you, you have hurt my son." I said: Give me your lower garment so that I may wash it. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No, pour water over it, for water is poured over the urine of a boy, and the urine of a girl is washed."

Surah bint Mishrah narrated: I was among the women who were present with Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) when her labour pains began. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to us and said: "How is she?" I said: O Messenger of Allah, she is in severe pain. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When she gives birth, do not do anything to him before me." She said: Then she gave birth, and we cut his umbilical cord and wrapped him in a yellow cloth. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came and said: "What happened?" I said: She has given birth to a boy, and I have cut his umbilical cord and wrapped him in a cloth. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You have disobeyed me." I said: I seek refuge in Allah from disobeying Allah and from the anger of His Messenger. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Bring him to me." So I brought him to him, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) removed the yellow cloth and wrapped him in a white cloth, put his saliva into his mouth and did tahnik for him with his saliva. Then Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) came, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Ali, what have you named him?" He said: O Messenger of Allah, I have named him Ja'far. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No, rather his name is Hasan, and after him will be Husayn, and you are Abu Hasan al-Khayr (the father of Hasan, the good)."

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The one among them who most resembled the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was Sayyiduna Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him).

Sayyiduna Abu Juhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and Sayyiduna Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) resembled him.

Al-Bahi narrated: We were discussing the resemblance of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and (one of them) said: "If you wish to see the resemblance of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), then look at Sayyiduna Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with them)."

Isma'il said: Sayyiduna Abu Juhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) said to me: "I have seen the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and Sayyiduna Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) resembled him."

Sayyiduna Abu Juhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and Sayyiduna Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) resembled him.

The narrator said: I asked Sayyiduna Abu Juhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him): Have you seen the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)? He said: "Yes, and the person who most resembled him was Sayyiduna Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with them)."

Sayyiduna Abu Juhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and Sayyiduna Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) resembled him.

Al-Haytham bin Adi said: "Sayyiduna Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) passed away in the year 44 AH." Al-Haytham bin Adi said it like this, but he has been contradicted (that is, others have reported otherwise).

Abu Bakr bin Abi Shaybah said: "Sayyiduna Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) passed away in the year 48 AH."

Abu Bakr bin Hafs said: "Sayyiduna Sa'd and Sayyiduna Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with them) passed away in the year 48 AH."

Abu Bakr bin Hafs said: "Sayyiduna Sa'd and Sayyiduna Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with them) passed away after ten years of the rule of Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) had passed."

Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Numayr said: "Sayyiduna Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) passed away at the age of 47."

Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Numayr said: "Sayyiduna Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) passed away in the year 48 AH."

Yahya bin Bukayr said: "Sayyiduna Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) passed away in the year 49 AH, and Sa'id bin al-As led his funeral prayer. His death took place in Madinah, his age was 46 or 47, and his kunyah was Abu Muhammad."

Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Aqil said: "The fitnah lasted five years, of which four months were for Sayyiduna Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) (his caliphate), and the Muslim Ummah united upon Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) in the year 40 AH."

Abu Nu'aym said: "In that year Sayyiduna Hasan bin Ali and Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with them both) passed away, in the year 58 AH."

Al-Sha'bi said: I saw Sayyiduna Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) at al-Nukhaylah when Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) made peace with him. Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: "When this is done, stand up and speak, and tell the people that you have handed this matter over to me." (The narrator Sufyan sometimes said: Tell the people about this matter which you have left to me.) So he stood up and delivered a sermon from the pulpit, praising and extolling Allah - al-Sha'bi said: and I was listening - then he said: "To proceed: the greatest wisdom is piety, and the greatest foolishness is sin. This matter in which Mu'awiyah and I differed was either my right, which I left to Mu'awiyah, desiring the well-being of this Ummah and to spare their blood, or it was the right of someone more entitled to it than me, so I did that. 'And I do not know; perhaps it is a trial for you and an enjoyment for a time.' [Surah al-Anbiya: 111]."

The narrator said: I went to Sayyiduna Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with them both) while he was in the house of Amr bin Hurayth, and I said: Some people claim that Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) will return before the Day of Resurrection. At this he laughed and said: "Subhan Allah (glory be to Allah)! If we had known that, we would not have married off his wives, nor would we have divided his inheritance."

The father of al-Hasan bin Sa'd said: "Sayyiduna Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) gave two women twenty thousand (dirhams) and several skins of honey as mut'ah (a parting gift). One of them - and I think she was the Hanafi woman - said: 'This is a small provision from a departing beloved.'"