Imam Hasan Askari   |   Life in 99 seconds   |   & QUIZ   |   TEAC786   |
Channel: TEAC786 (Shia IthnaAsheri Education)
Date: 09/11/2020

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Biography of Imam Hasan Al-Askari a.s. in 99 seconds.


1. The name of our 11th Imam is Imam Hasan ‘Askari a.s. and he’s titled Al-‘Askari because he was forcibly kept in a military camp under strict surveillance all his life by the Abbasid government. 
2. He was also titled The Pure, The Guide, The Chaste, The Peculiar, The Silent, The Lamp, and The Pious.
3. His agnomen is Abu Mohammad, and he was born on the 8th or the 10th of Rabi-us-Sani in Medina or in Saamarra.
4. He is the son of our 10th Imam, Imam Ali Al-Hadi a.s. and Bibi Hadithah, who was also known as Saleel or Sawsan.
5. Historians indicate that the Imam had a beautiful complexion that was between brown and white, and he had big eyes.
6. The Imam was the most knowledgeable and the best of the people of his age, not only in religious affairs and laws, but in all fields of knowledge. 
7. The Abbasid government knew of the prophecy that Imam Mehdi Al-Hujjat ibnil Hasan, would be from the progeny of our 11th Imam, which is why they were extremely harsh towards him. They arrested and put him into prison under the strictest of guards. They even tried to involve him into the government body and spared no effort to subject him to their desires, but obviously failed.
8. No one was more generous than the Imam among all people of his time. 
9. The Imam wrote several letters to his trusted companions with an aim to prepare them for the ghaybah and the Imamat of the 12th Imam. He even appointed Uthman Ibne Saeed Amri and his son Mohammed Ibne Uthman as his representatives or Naaibs, so that the Shias of that time could get used to the concept of connecting to the Imams through representatives. He also propagated the notion of Taqaiyya to his Shia to protect them from the autocracy of the government. 
10. He was poisoned at the age of 28, on the command of Al-Mu’tamid Abbasi, and passed away on the 8th of Rabiul Awwal and is currently buried in Saamarrah in Iraq.  
11. The famous Tafseer of the Holy Quran written by him is still available today, together with his valuable sayings and advices.