Name. al-Hasan

Title: al- askari

Agrnomen: Abu Muhammad.

Father’s name: Ali al- Hadi (an- Naqi)

Mother’s name: Hadithah( or Susan).

Birth: In Medina,on Friday,8^th Rabi’u’ th-thani 232 AH.

Death: Martyred at the age of 28, in Samara , on Friday, 8^th Rabi’u’l-awwal 260 AH; poisoned by al- Mutamid, the Abbsid ruler; buried in Samara ( Iraq).

The Holy Imam Hasan al-Askari( 12^th Imam) spent 22 years of his life under the patronage of his father, Imam Ali al-Hadi(an-Naqi)after whose martyrdom he became his divinely commissioned Imam. During the seven years of his Inmate, due to untold restrictions placed upon him by the caliphate, he lived in hiding and dissimulation (Taqiyyah). He did not have any social contact with even the common people among the Shiite population. Only the elite persons were able to see him. Even so he spent most of his time in prison. Everyone knew that Shia believed on Imamate. The caliphate has come to know that eleventh Imam have a son who was the promised Mahdi. Coming of Mahdi had been foretold in authenticated hadith of the prophet in Sunni and Shia sources. For this reason 11^th Imam was kept under close watch by the caliphate. The caliph the time had decided definitely to put an end to the Imamate in Shia-ism through every possible means and to close the door to the Imamate once and for all.

At the time illness of Imam (a.s) caliph al-Mutamid sent physician and few of his trusted agents and judges to the house to observe the condition and situation all the time. After the death of Imam (a.s), his house investigated and all female slaves examined by the midwife. For the two years the secret agents of the caliph searched for the successor of the Imam until they lost hope.

Imam after his death buried in his house in Samara next to his noble father. During his life he trained many handers of scholars of religion and hadith, and it is these scholars who have transmitted to us information about the Imams.

1. Generosity has a limit, which when crossed becomes extravagances.
2. Caution has a limit which when crossed becomes cowardice.
3. Courage has a limit, which when crossed becomes fool-hardness.

Thriftiness has a limit which when crossed becomes miserliness.