Imamate of Imam Hasan Askari (a.s)

I was with Abul Hasan Askari [Imam Hadi (a.s)] in his house, when Abu Ja’far passed from there. I asked: Is he our master? He replied: No, your master is Hasan.

Imam Hadi (a.s) said: My son, Hasan is the Imam after me.

I came to Imam Hadi in Sarya and greeted the Imam. At that moment, Abu Ja’far [Muhammad] and Abu Muhammad [Imam Hasan Askari (a.s)] arrived. We arose and moved to Abu Ja’far with intention to greet and accord respect to…

H 166 - Yahya bin Bashr Qambari has narrated that Abul Hasan Imam Hadi (a.s), four months before he passed away, made bequest to his son, Hasan (a.s) and I and a group of Shia witnessed it.

When Abu Ja’far passed away, I was present with Imam Hadi (a.s) and previously the Imam had hinted to him. Therefore, I thought and said to myself: This is just how it happened in the case of Abu Ibrahim [Imam Kadhim…

I previously narrated a report from Imam Hadi (a.s) about his son, Abu Ja’far, which proved his Imamate; but when Abu Ja’far passed away from the world, I was so astonished and bewildered that I did not know what to do…

Muhammad bin Hasan [Shaykh Tusi] says: That which was mentioned in the previous report is based on the fact that change of destiny (Bada) occurred about Ismail as well as Muhammad. It means that with regard to the…

I heard Imam Hadi (a.s) say: The successor after me is Hasan. But how will it be for you with regard to the successor after the successor? I asked: May I be sacrificed on you, what for? He replied: Because you will not…

When Abu Ja’far Muhammad bin Ali bin Muhammad bin Ali bin Musa (a.s) died, a chair or a platform was put for Imam Hadi (a.s) and the Imam sat on it. Abu Muhammad, Imam Hasan Askari (a.s) also stood besides the Imam.…

As for the miracles of Imam Hasan Askari (a.s), which prove his Imamate, they are so many that they cannot be computed. For example the following:

I was with Imam Hasan Askari (a.s) when permission for entry was sought for a Yemenite gentleman. When he entered, we saw that he was tall and he greeted the Imam as the owner of authority. I said to myself: If I only…

H 172 - Ali bin Muhammad bin Ziyad Saymoori said: I came to Abu Ahmad Ubaidullah bin Abdullah bin Tahir; there was a letter of Imam Hasan Askari (a.s) before him and it was written therein: I prayed to Almighty Allah…

I was imprisoned with Imam Hasan Askari (a.s) in the prison of Mohtadi bin Wathiq. Imam (a.s) said to me: O Aba Hashim, this transgressor wanted to play with divine destiny, but Allah, the Mighty and the High has cut off…

Narrated to me Abul Hasan Musawi Khyberi: My father narrated that he was with Imam Hasan Askari (a.s) during many nights in Samarrah: One day a mount was brought for the Imam (a.s) to take him to the ruler. Imam (a.s)…

I was with Imam Hasan Askari (a.s) when he said: When the Qaim (a.s) stages an uprising he will order razing of the minarets and maqsoorahs of mosques. I (the narrator) said: I wondered what it denoted. The Imam turned…

I heard Imam Hasan Askari (a.s) say: Among the sins that would not be forgiven is when a person says: If only I were not punished, except for this sin! I said to myself: This matter is very complicated and it is best for…

When Motaz ordered that while passing through Kufa with Imam Hasan Askari (a.s), they should entrust him to Saeed, the chamberlain, so that they may take the Imam to the palace of Ibn Hubairah in a way that people…

“One day Kafur, the slave of Imam Ali Naqi (a.s) came to me and summoned me to his master. When I went to the Imam, he said: “O Bushr, you are from the descendents of Ansar. This devotion is your legacy, which your each…

Do you have anything to give him? I said: I have two dirhams from legal tender. He replied: That is enough. So I followed him till I reached him. I said: Abu Ali asks you if can return to us? He replied: Yes. So we came…

Narrated to me Abu Ja’far Amari that Abu Tahir Bulbul performed the Hajj and there he saw that Ali bin Ja’far Hammani [representative of Imam Hasan Askari (a.s)] spending a lot of money. When he returned from Hajj, he…

The belief of those who say that Imam Hasan Askari (a.s) has not died and that he is alive; on the contrary he is the Mahdi, is invalid from the aspect that just as we know about the passing away of his ancestors, we are…

H 181 - Saad bin Abdullah Ashari said: I heard Ahmad bin Ubaidullah bin Khaqan – and he was the official of the ruler in Qom – say in a lengthy traditions, which we have condensed: When Abu Muhammad, Hasan Ibn Ali (a.s)…

As for the belief that Imam Hasan Askari (a.s) will come back to life after his demise and establish the divinely ordained government, arguing on the basis of the tradition from Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s), “He is named…

I asked Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s): “Can the earth remain without an Imam?” He replied: “If the earth is without an Imam for a moment, it will indeed cave into itself.”

H 183 - A saying of Amirul Momineen (a.s), “O Allah, do not leave the earth without a Divine Proof (Hujjah), either apparent and famed or hidden and unknown,” proves this.

Even if we accept the reliability of the tradition that, “he will rise after his demise,” it could mean that he will rise after his name will die and after he will be in hiding and will not be known, which is possible in…

As for those who believe that time remains devoid of an Imam after Imam Hasan Askari (a.s), their belief is invalid, because we have proved through rational as well as narrational proofs that time does not remain devoid…

As for the believers in the Imamate of Ja’far bin Ali [Ja’far Kazzab] after his brother, their belief is wrong, because an Imam has to be infallible and beyond errors and he has to be the most knowledgeable of all of the…

As for the assertion that Imam Hasan Askari (a.s) did not have a son, it is invalid, because we proved that the Imams are twelve and this divinely ordained authority is bestowed to them. There are some more reports on…

I asked Imam Ali Ridha (a.s): “You have reached this stage, but you don’t have an issue?” He replied: “O Uqbah bin Ja’far, the Imam does not pass away before seeing his descendant [successor].”

“O Abu Hamza, the earth does not remain devoid of a scholar from us, Ahle Bayt, who may point out if people commit excess in religion and if they are deficient. And Allah does not allow this scholar to leave the world…

“The oppressor presumed that they would kill me and cut off this progeny. So how did they witness the might of Allah?” Then he named him Muammal (the one in whom hopes rest).

I was imprisoned with Imam Hasan Askari (a.s) in the prison of Mohtadi bin Wathiq. Imam (a.s) said to me: O Aba Hashim, this transgressor wanted to play with divine destiny, but Allah, the Mighty and the High has cut off…

As for the one who thinks that the situation is confusing to him and he does not know whether Imam Hasan Askari (a.s) did have a son or not, and that he will adhere to the Imamate of Imam Hasan Askari (a.s) until it is…

Are you an Imam?” “Yes,” said the Imam. He said: “But I have heard your grandfather say that Imam is only one who has an issue and heir.” He said: “O Shaykh, have you forgotten? This is not what he said; His Eminence,…

Our rational and narrational arguments that the earth does not remain devoid of an Imam also invalidates this assertion.

H 189 - And their elicitation of the narration: “Adhere to the first until the next one is possible for you…”

It is unreasonable, as this is a singularly narrated tradition. Besides, Saad Ibn Abdullah has interpreted it thus, “Adhere to the first one until the second one appears to you.” In this case, it is a proof of the…

As for those who have proclaimed the Imamate of Hasan and said that Imamate has ended like Prophethood, their assertion is worthless, because we have proved through reason and traditions that at no time can the earth…

We also demonstrated the invalidity of the promoters of the Imamate of Ja’far Ibn Ali, namely, the Fatahiyya, who believe in the Imamate of Abdullah Ibn Ja’far after the demise of Imam Sadiq (a.s). And when Abdullah…

“Allah does not accept to appoint to it (the Imamate) two brothers after Hasan and Husain (a.s).”

“The Imamate will never come together in two brothers after Hasan and Husain (a.s). It will continue in his (Husain’s) progeny one generation after another.”

“Some of those who are bound by blood are closer (to each other) than others in the Book of Allah.”

Thus after Ali Ibn Husain (a.s) Imamate continued in his generations one after another.

Another reason is that there is no disagreement that Ja’far was not infallible, while it is proved that an Imam has to be infallible. His actions contradict his being infallible.

“Take his birth easy; he will misguide many.”

One night Imam Hasan Askari (a.s) and his brother, Ja’far came to the prison. And they said: [The story went like this] One night we were sitting together and talking among ourselves when unlocking of the prison gate was…

As for the one who says that the successor has a son and that the Imams are thirteen, their assertion is invalid, because of our proofs that the Imams are twelve. Therefore, this assertion has to be discarded. Reminder:…