The Thirteenth Infallible Hassan Askari (as)
Name: Hassan (as)
Renouned Title: Askari
Subtitle: Abu Muhammad
Father and Mother: Imam Hadi (as) and Saleel (as)
Time & Place of Birth. 8th Rabi usani or 24rth Rabiul Awal 232 Hijrah in Medina
Time & Place of Martyrdom: 8th Rabi ul Awal 260 Hijrah By The conspiracy of Motamid the Foureenth Abbasade caliph, in the city of Samara at the age of 28 years.
Tomb: Samara (Iraq) Duration of life.
Before Imamate 22 years (from 232 to 245 Hijrah. After Imamate 6 years 254 to 260 Hijrah.
He was constantly & permenently under observation in the prison of the Satans of his age & was finally brutally martyred by poison.
Twenty Traditions from Imam Hassan al-Askari (AS)
1. Allah is the one with whom all the creatures seek refuge at the time of need & hardships & while the hope from all the creations & the causes determinants except Him, is cut off. (Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 3, P 41)
1- اَللهُ هُوَ الَّذي يَتَألَّهُ إِلَيهِ عِندَ الحَوائِج وَالشَّدائِدِ کُلُّ مَخلُوقِ، عِند انقِطاعِ الرَّجاءِ مِن کُلِّ مَن دُونَهُ وَتَقَطُّعِ اِلأَسبابِ مِن جَميعِ مَن سِواهُ. (بحار الانوار ج3 ص41)
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2. No respectful one abandons the right except that he becomes debased, & no debased acquires it except that he becomes respectful & honorable. (Tuhaf al-Uqul P 487)
2- ما تَرَکَ الحَقَّ عَزيزٌ إلاّ ذَلَّ،وَلا أَخَذَ بِهِ ذَليلٌ إِلاّعَزَّ. (تحف العقول ص489)
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3. Thus the one out of the jurisprudents who is the protector of his soul, saver of his religion, the opposer of his passions & lusts (of ego), submissive to the command of his master (Imam), 'so it is obligatory for the people to follow and refer to him. (Wasail ush-Shia Vol. 18. P 95)
3- فَأَمَا مَن کانَ مِنَ الفُقَهاءِ صائِناً لِنَفسِهِ،حافِظاً لِدينِهِ،مُخالِفاً عَلی هَواهُ مُطيعاًلأِمرِ مَولاهُ،فَلِلعَوامِ أَن يُقَلِّدُوهُ. (وسائل الشيعة ج18 ص95)
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4. An era will approach when the people's faces would be laughing (exalting) & their hearts would be dark, bleak & dirty. The Sunnah to them would be innovation & innovation would be (considered) Sunnah among them. The faithful would be belittled & debased among them, & the transgressor would be honorable & respectful among them. Their lords & chiefs would be ignorant & aggressive ones. And the religious scholar’s would be on the threshold of the aggressors & tyrants. (Mustadak ul-Wasail. Vol. 2. P 322)
4- سَيَأتي زَمانٌ النّاسِ وُجُوهُهُم ضاحِکَةٌ مُستَبشِرَةٌ، وَقُلُوبُهُم مُظلِمَةٌ مُتَکَدَّرَةٌ، السُّنَّةُ فِيهِم بِدعَةٌ،وَالبِدعَةٌ فيهِم سُنَّةٌ،المِؤمِنُ بَينَهُم مُحَقَّرٌ، وَالفاسقُ بَينَهُم مُوَقَتَرٌ،أُمَراؤُهُم جاهِلُونَ جائِرُونَ وُعُلَماؤُهُم في أَبوابِ الظَّلَمَةِ... (مستدرک الوسائل 2 ص322)
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5. Whoever admonishes his brother secretly he has decorated him & the one who admonishes him openly & publicly has vilified him.(Tuhaf al-Uqul P 489)
5 مَن وَعَظَ أَخاهُ سِرّاً فَقَد زانَهُ. وَ مَن وَعَظَهُ عَلانِيَةً فَقَد شانَهُ. (تحف العقول ص489)
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The best of your brothers is the one who forgets your sin & remembers your favor done to him.
6. The best of your brothers is the one who forgets your sin & remembers your favor done to him. (Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78. P 379)
6- خَيرُ إِخوانِکَ مَن نَسِیَ ذَنبَکَ وَذَکَرَ إِحسانَکَ إِلَيهِ. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص379)
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7. The heart of the foolish is in his mouth & the mouth (lips) of the wise one is in his heart (the foolish says whatever he pleases, without considering it's repercussion whereas the sage thinks before speaking.) (Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78. P 374)
7- قَلبُ الأَحمَقِ في فَمِهِ وَ فَمُ الحکيمِ في قَلبِهِ. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص374)
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8. Do not enter a disputed discussion as it will take away your honor & respect & do not make mockery & joke as people would dare at you. (Tuhaf al-Uqul P 486)
8- لا تُمار فَيَذهَبَ بَهاؤُکَ،وَلا تُمازِح فَيُجتَرَأَ عَلَيکَ.
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There is nothing above two qualities, belief & faith upon Allah & benefitting the faithful brethren.
9. There is nothing above two qualities, belief & faith upon Allah & benefitting the faithful brethren. (Tuhaf al-Uqul. P 489)
9- خَصلَتانِ لَيسَ فَوقَهُما شَيءٌ،إِلايمانُ بِاللهِ وَنَفعُ الإِخوانِ. (تحف العقول ص489)
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10. Humbleness is a boon & beneficence which does not get subjected to the jealousy of people. (Tuhaf al-Uqul. P 489)
10- أَلتّواضُعُ نِعمَةٌ لا يُحسَدُ عَلَيها. (تحف العقول ص489)
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11. It is against the etiquettes to express happiness before the grieved on. (Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78. P 321)
11- لَيسَ مِنَ الأَدَبِ إِظهارُ الفَرَحِ عِندَ المَحزُونِ. (بحار الانوار ج78 ص374)
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12. The one who praises an undeserving person stays at the abode of the accused person. (Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 378)
12- مَن مَدَحَ غَيرَ المُستَحِقِّ فَقَد قَامَ مَقامَ المُتَّهمِ. (بحار الانوار ج78 ص378)
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13. For you to be considered polite it is sufficient that you refrain from doing what you dislike in others. (The bad deeds & evils). (Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 377)
13- کَفاکَ أَدَباً تَجَّنُبکَ ما تَکرَهُ مِن غَيرِکَ. (بحار الانوار ج78 ص377)
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14. Indeed, generosity & charity has a quantity so when it exceeds that it becomes squandering. And foresightedness & caution has a limit & when it exceeds that then it is cowardice. (Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 377)
14- إِنَّ لِلسَّخاءِ مِقداراً،فَإن زادَ عَلَيهِ فَهُوَ سَرَفٌ، وَلِلحَزمِ مِقداراً، فَإن زادَ عَلَيهِ فَهُوَ جُبنٌ. (بحار الانوار ج78 ص377)
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15. Observing the middle way in economy has a quantity when It exceeds that then it is stinginess. And there Is a limit to bravery & gallantry & when It exceeds that then it is rashness & impetuousness. (Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 3771)
15- وَلِلإِقتِصادِ مِقداراً فَإن زادَ عَلَيهِ فَهُوَ بُخلٌ،وَ لِلشَّجاعَةِ مِقداراً فَإن زادَ عَلَيهِ فَهُوَ تَهَوُّرٌ. (بحار الانوار ج78 ص377)
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16. The person whose disposition is piety & his nature is generosity & his quality is forbearance & tolerance the number of his friends would become great. (Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 379)
16- مَن کانَ الوَرَعُ سَجِيَّتَهُ، وَالکَرَمُ طَبِيَعتَةُ، وَالحِلمُ خُلتَّهُ کَثُرَ صَدِيقُهُ. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص379)
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Allah has made the fasting obligatory so that those rich & wealthy taste the touch (agony of) hunger & consequently become kind to the poor.
17. Allah has made the fasting obligatory so that those rich & wealthy taste the touch (agony of) hunger & consequently become kind to the poor. (Kashf ul-Ghuma, Vol. 2, P 19'.5)
17- فَرَضَ اللهُ تَعالَی الصُّومَ لِيَجِدَ الغَنِیُّ مَسَّ الجُوعِ لِيَحنُو عَلَی الفَقيرِ. (کشف الغمة ج2 ص193)
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18. The sustenance which has become guaranteed (by Allah) must not make you so busy that you do not perform the obligatory practices. (Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 374)
18- لا يَشغَلکَ رِزقٌ مَضمُونٌ عَن عَمَلٍ مَفرُوضٍ. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص 374)
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19. avoid fame seeking & striving for power, as these two invite man towards annihilation. (Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 371)
19- إيّاکَ وَالإ ذاعَةَ وَطَلَبَ الرِّياسَةِ قَإنَّهُما يَدعُوانِ إلَی الهَلَکَةِ. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص
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You are leading short lives & limited durations and death suddenly approaches. Who so ever sows goodness reaps joy & pleasure and the one who sows evil reaps regret. Everybody reaps, what he sows.
20. You are leading short lives & limited durations and death suddenly approaches. Who so ever sows goodness reaps joy & pleasure and the one who sows evil reaps regret. Everybody reaps, what he sows. (Tuhaf al-Uqul. P 489)
20- إِنَّکُم في اَجالٍ مَنقُوصَةٍ وَأَيّامٍ مَعدُودَةٍ ،وَالمَوتُ يَأتي بَغتَةً، مَن يَزرَع خَيراً يَحصِد غِبطَةً،وَمَن يَزرَع شَرّاً يَحصِد نَدامَةً لِکُلِّ زارعٍ ما زَرَعَ. (تحف العقول ص489)
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