Saeed bin Musayyib narrated that Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) came to the mosque and Hassan (may Allah be pleased with him) was reciting poetry there. Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) expressed his dislike for reciting poetry in the mosque, so Hassan (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "I used to recite poetry here at a time when someone better than you (the Prophet, peace be upon him) was present here." Then Hassan (may Allah be pleased with him) turned towards Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) and said, "I ask you by Allah, did you not hear the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) say: 'O Hassan! Reply on my behalf (to the disbelievers of Makkah). O Allah! Help Hassan with the Holy Spirit.'" Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "Yes, indeed (I heard it)."

Narrated Al-Bara' bin 'Azib (may Allah be pleased with him): The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said to Hassan (may Allah be pleased with him): "Satirize the polytheists of Mecca, or (he said) respond to their satire, Gabriel is with you."

Urwah (may Allah be pleased with him) says that I began to speak ill of Hassan (may Allah be pleased with him) in the presence of Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), so she said: Do not speak ill of him, he used to defend the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).

Masruq narrated that we were present in the service of Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) when Hassan bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) was also there, reciting his poetry to the Mother of the Believers (may Allah be pleased with her). One of the verses was, the translation of which is: "She is serious and chaste, upon whom no accusation has ever been made; every morning, she does not eat the flesh of ignorant sisters while being hungry." Upon this, Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "But you have not proven to be like that." Masruq narrated that then I asked Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), "Why do you allow him to come to you, when Allah Almighty has already said about him: 'And for the one among them who took the greatest part in this, there is a great punishment.'" Upon this, the Mother of the Believers said: "What punishment could be more severe than becoming blind?" (Hassan's eyesight was lost in the last part of his life.) Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said to him that Hassan (may Allah be pleased with him) used to defend the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).

Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrated that Hazrat Hassan bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) sought permission from the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) to satirize the polytheists (Quraysh). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "But I am also from their family." Upon this, Hassan (may Allah be pleased with him) submitted, "I will separate you (in poetry) as clearly as a hair is separated from flour."