Abd al-Rahman bin Jubayr bin Nufayr narrates from his father that he said: I said to Sayyiduna Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with them both): People are saying that you want the caliphate. He said: "The chiefs of the Arabs were in my hand; they would fight whomever I fought and make peace with whomever I made peace with. I gave it up seeking the pleasure of Allah Almighty and to spare the blood of the Ummah of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). Shall I then (now) seize it back by means of the billy-goats (i.e. the lowly men) of the people of the Hijaz?!" This chain is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Yusuf bin Mazin al-Rasibi that a man stepped up to Sayyiduna Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with them both) and said: O you who have blackened the faces of the believers! Sayyiduna Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "May Allah have mercy on you, do not reproach me, for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw Banu Umayyah delivering sermons on his pulpit one man after another, and that grieved him (peace and blessings be upon him). So this verse was revealed: 'Indeed, We have given you al-Kawthar' [Surah al-Kawthar: 1] , which is a river in Paradise; and this was revealed: 'Indeed, We sent it down on the Night of Decree. And what will make you know what the Night of Decree is? The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months' [Surah al-Qadr: 1-3] , (the thousand months) which Banu Umayyah would rule. So when we calculated it, it (the days of their rule) was neither more nor less than that." This chain is sahih (authentic), and the one who said this to Sayyiduna Hasan bin Ali was Sufyan bin al-Layl, a companion of his father.

It is narrated from Sufyan bin al-Layl al-Hamdani that he said: I came to Sayyiduna Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with them both) after he had given the pledge of allegiance to Mu'awiyah, and I said: O you who have blackened the faces of the believers! Then he mentioned (the narration) like the previous hadith.

It is narrated from Sufyan bin al-Layl that when the matter (of the peace settlement) that was to happen between Sayyiduna Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with them both) and Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) had taken place, I came to him in Madinah while he was sitting among his companions (then the narrator mentioned the long hadith). He said: We discussed the adhan in his presence, and some of us said that the adhan began with the dream of Abdullah bin Zayd bin Asim. Sayyiduna Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with them both) said to him: "The matter of the adhan is far greater than that. Jibril (peace be upon him) gave the adhan in the heaven with each phrase twice and taught it to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he gave the iqamah with each phrase once and taught that too to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)." So when Sayyiduna Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) became ruler, he gave the adhan (accordingly).

It is narrated from Abu Hazim that he said: I was present on the day Sayyiduna Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with them both) died. I saw Sayyiduna Husayn bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with them both) prodding Sa'id bin al-As in the neck and saying: "Go forward (and lead the funeral prayer); were it not the Sunnah, I would never have put you forward." And there was some ill feeling between them. Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Do you begrudge the son of your Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) the soil (a grave site) in which you would bury him, when I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Whoever loves them both has loved me, and whoever bears hatred toward them both has borne hatred toward me." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) taught me (this supplication to recite) in the witr prayer, when I raise my head (from bowing) and nothing remains but the prostration, to say: 'Allahumma-hdini fiman hadayt, wa 'afini fiman 'afayt, wa tawallani fiman tawallayt, wa barik li fima a'tayt, wa qini sharra ma qadayt, innaka taqdi wa la yuqda 'alayk, innahu la yadhillu man walayt, tabarakta wa ta'alayt' (O Allah, guide me among those You have guided, grant me well-being among those You have granted well-being, take me into Your care among those You have taken into Your care, bless me in what You have given me, and protect me from the evil of what You have decreed. Indeed, You decree and none can decree against You. Indeed, the one whom You befriend is never humiliated. Blessed are You and Most High). This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), except that Muhammad bin Ja'far bin Abi Kathir differed from Isma'il bin Ibrahim bin Uqbah regarding its chain.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) taught me these words for the witr prayer: 'Allahumma-hdini fiman hadayt, wa barik li fima a'tayt, wa qini sharra ma qadayt, fa-innaka taqdi wa la yuqda 'alayk, wa innahu la yadhillu man walayt, tabarakta rabbana wa ta'alayt' (O Allah, guide me among those You have guided, bless me in what You have given, and protect me from the evil of what You have decreed. Indeed, You decree and none can decree against You, and the one whom You befriend is never humiliated. Blessed are You, our Lord, and Most High).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali bin Husayn (may Allah be pleased with them both) that when Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was martyred, Sayyiduna Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with them both) addressed the people. He praised and extolled Allah, then said: "Tonight a man has passed away whom those before him could not surpass in deeds, nor will those who come after attain his rank. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to give him his banner, and he would fight with Jibril (peace be upon him) on his right and Mika'il (peace be upon him) on his left, and he would not return until Allah granted victory at his hands. He left behind nothing in gold or silver except 700 dirhams remaining from his stipend, with which he wanted to buy a servant for his family." Then he said: "O people, whoever knows me knows me, and whoever does not know me (let him hear): I am Hasan bin Ali. I am the son of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), I am the son of the executor (wasi), I am the son of the bearer of glad tidings and the warner (the Prophet), I am the son of the one who called to Allah by His permission, I am the son of the illuminating lamp. I am of the Ahl al-Bayt to whom Jibril (peace be upon him) used to descend and from whom he would ascend. I am of the Ahl al-Bayt from whom Allah removed impurity and whom He purified thoroughly. And I am of the Ahl al-Bayt whose love Allah has made obligatory upon every Muslim, for Allah Almighty said to His Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): 'Say: I do not ask you for any reward for this (conveying of the message) except love for near kin. And whoever earns a good deed, We will increase for him good therein' [Surah al-Shura: 23] . So earning a good deed means loving us, the Ahl al-Bayt."

Ja'far bin Muhammad narrates from his father that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) named Sayyiduna Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with them both) on the seventh day after his birth, and that it was he (peace and blessings be upon him) who derived the name "Husayn" from the name "Hasan." And the narrator mentioned that between (the births of) the two brothers there was only the span of a pregnancy.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Umm Bakr bint al-Miswar (may Allah be pleased with her) that Sayyiduna Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with them both) was poisoned several times, and each time he survived its effect, until the last time he was poisoned, in which he died; from the severity of that poison his liver would come out in pieces. When he died, the women of Banu Hashim mourned for him for a month.