Al-Hasan and al-Hussein The two grandsons of the Messenger of Allah By Mohammad Redha Former librarian of Fouad the 1st Library Interpreted by Mohammad Agha DAR al-KOTOB al-ILMIYAH Beirut- LebanonA all a ee shad cine ily Qt GD Spe pane Sant tne ony lid ~ sonst diel Spal edie pee fs i a lJ wl gle aa at gl lf pd he ge ig Copyright © All rights reserved Exclusive rights by DAR sbKOTOB sh UUMIVAH erat - Lebanon. No pat of! publication may be translated, reproduce distributed in any form or by any means, o stored in a database or retrieval system, ‘without the prior writen permission of the publisher. using ai - 8th, 4iplell Gil sto ole — tape ofa Ee gyal pL asl Jy pill Spann Mtr Pte TT sy Scan = MN ane pen DAR al-KOTOB al-ILMIYAI Beirut - Lebanon Ades: Rane aan, obo, Meat bl, Foe. TL Fa (611233 166135364898 POBox 11-994 Benetton ISBN 2-7451-2568-0 S0000> wm rsp ‘e-mail: sales@al-imlyah.com ‘no@at-iimiya.comThe iterpreter’s Introduction In the Name of Allah the Most Gracious, Most Merciful The tragedy of al-Hasan and al-Hussein for whom may Allah’s guod pleasure is prayed The story of al-Hasan and al-Hussein is a real tragedy. They are the grandsons of the Messenger of Allah, to whom may Allah’s Blessings and peace be granted; the sons of Ali Ibn Abi Taleb, may peace be upon him, and Fatema the daughter of the Prophet Mohammed. But their honourable placing did not prevent their enemies from plotting and aggressing against them. ‘The tragedy of al-Hasan and al-Hussein grows greater as they are two virtuous members of Ahlul Bait, the family of the Prophet, to whom may Allah’s Blessings and peace be granted, and the two beloved grandsons of the Prophet whom He called the two sweet basils; and the masters of al-Jannah (Paradise). Allah, Be He exalted, said: «Verily, willeth Allah to keep away from you every uncleanliness. O, Ahlul-Bait! And to purify you thorough purifying.» Al-Hasan, for whom may Allah's good pleasure is prayed, was wise, patient, generous, pious, peace-loving, hating seditions and blood-shedding. He never uttered a bad or dirty word. He set examples in generosity and self- denial. He was a real example to follow. The two grandsons of Prophet Mohammed, to whom may Allah’s Blessings and peace be granted, were raised by their pious, wise and courageous father, Imam Ali Ibn Abi Taleb. They grew in a high-quality manner and were bred on virtues in a social environment which is the most honourable and the most honest at that time, the environment of Fatema al- Zahra’a, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah and the lady of world’s women, Prophet Mohammed, to whom may Allah’s Blessings and peace be granted, used to educate them and to take care of them all the time. When the Messenger of Allah was praying and as he prostrated al-Hasan and al-Hussein used to jump on his back. And when they tried to prevent 3