Al-Qasim b. al-Imam al-Hasan (a)

Al-Qāsim b. al-Ḥasan (Arabic: القاسم بن الحسن بن علي) is the son of Imam al-Hasan al-Mujtaba (a). He was martyred on the Day of 'Ashura in Karbala. On the Eve of 'Ashura when Imam al-Husayn (a) asked him about his opinion about death, he answered: "It is sweeter than honey."

Al-Qasim b. al-Imam al-Hasan (a)

Burial Place of most of the martyrs of the Battle of Karbala, near the holy grave of Imam al-Husayn (a) in his shrine
Father	Hasan b. 'Ali (a)
Place of Birth	Medina
Place(s) of Residence	Medina
Demise	61/680 The Day of 'Ashura
Place of Burial	Holy Shrine of Imam al-Husayn (a), Karbala

Biography

There is no record of his birthday. However, it is said in Maqtal al-Khwarazmi that he had not reached puberty when he was martyred. Lubab al-ansab wrote that he was 16.

Al-Shaykh al-Mufid reported that he, 'Abd Allah b. al-Hasan and 'Amr b. al-Hasan were from the same mother, who was a slave woman. Maqatil al-Talibiyyin reported that he and Abu Bakr b. al-Hasan were from the same mother, though.

Family tree of Ahl al-Bayt (a)

Khadija Muhammad Mariya Al-Qasim 'Abd Allah Lady Fatima Ibrahim Imam Ali Umm al-Banin Imam al-Husayn Imam al-Hasan Lady Zaynab Umm Kulthum Muhsin Al-'Abbas Abd Allah Uthman Ja'far Muhammad 'Awn Ali Al-'Abbas Umm Kulthum Al-Hasan Al-Qasim 'Abd Allah Fatima Zayd 'Abd Allah Zaynab Ibrahim Al-Hasan al-Hasan Muhammad Ibrahim Idris Nafisa Imam al-Sajjad 'Ali al-Akbar 'Ali al-Asghar Fatima Sukayna Ruqayya Imam al-Baqir Zayd Imam al-Sadiq 'Abd Allah Ibrahim 'Ubayd Allah 'Ali Yahya Imam al-Kazim Muhammad Ali Ishaq Umm Farwa 'Abd Allah Isma'il Imam al-Rida Ma'suama Hamza Ishaq Ahmad Ibrahim Muhammad Imam al-Jawad Imam al-Hadi Musa Fatima Hakima Amama Imam al-'Askari Husayn Muhammad Ja'far Imam al-Mahdi

Eve of 'Ashura'

On the Eve of 'Ashura', Imam al-Husayn (a) gathered his companions and delivered a lecture informing them that they all would be martyred the next day. Qasim b. al-Hasan asked his uncle, Imam al-Husayn (a), whether he would be martyred on 'Ashura'. Imam asked him what he thought about death. He replied, "Sweeter than honey." Imam responded, "Yes, you will be martyred tomorrow."

Martyrdom

In his book, al-Luhuf, Sayyid b. Tawus reported his fight and martyrdom scene as following: "… at that moment, a youngster whose face was [bright] like moon came to the battlefield and started fighting. Ibn Fudayl al-Azdi hit him on the head. His head was split, and he fell on his face and shouted, "O, my uncle!" Al-Husayn came to him very fast and attacked the enemies like a lion. He attacked Ibn Fudayl and cut his hand from his elbow as Ibn Fudayl had raised it to protect himself from the sword strike. Ibn Fudayl shouted and all the army heard him. They came to help him but trampled him to death.

The narrator says that when the dust cleared, I saw al-Husayn standing at the youngster's body and the boy was kicking his legs.

Al-Husayn said, "God may curse the people who killed you. Your father and your grandfather will avenge you on the Day of resurrection. By God! it is difficult for your uncle to call him, but he does not answer you, and if he does, it would not benefit you. By God! Today is a day that your uncle's enemies are many and his companions are few.

Then he cuddled the youngster and put him next to other martyrs of Banu Hashim."

Distortion of Facts

Shahid Mutahhari wrote Qasim's wedding in Karbala was an inseparable part of mourning poems and Rawda of Qasim b. al-Hassan. However, this is not reported in any reliable book. Muhaddith al-Nuri said, "The first person who writes this story was Mulla Husayn Kashifi in his book Rawdat al-shuhada'. The origin of this story is false and it is 100 percent false".