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There are various reports about the number of Imam al-Hasan's (a) children and wives. Although historical sources do not mention the names of more than eighteen women as the wives of the Imam (a), some of them claim that the Imam (a) had 70, 90, 200, or 250 wives. It has been claimed that Imam al-Hasan (a) was mitlaq (one who marries and divorces numerous women) and that he had many concubines, with some of whom he had children. | There are various reports about the number of Imam al-Hasan's (a) children and wives. Although historical sources do not mention the names of more than eighteen women<ref>Shūshtarī, Risālat fī tawārīkh al-nabī wa al-āl, p. 71-72; Zamānī Aḥmad, Ḥaqāyiq-i pinhān, pazhūhishī dar zindigānī-yi sīyāsī-yi Imām al-Ḥasan, p. 339-340; Al-Qarashī, Ḥayāt al-Imām al-Ḥasan, vol. 2, p. 455-460.</ref> as the wives of the Imam (a), some of them claim that the Imam (a) had 70,<ref>Majlisī, Biḥār al-anwār, vol. 44, p. 173.</ref> 90,<ref>Balādhurī, Ansāb al-ashrāf, vol. 3, p. 25.</ref> 200,<ref>Muqaddasī, al-Bidaʾ wa al-tārīkh, vol. 5, p. 74.</ref> or 250 wives.<ref>Ibn Shahrāshūb, al-Manāqib āl-i Abiṭālib, vol. 4, p. 30.</ref> It has been claimed that Imam al-Hasan (a) was mitlaq (one who marries and divorces numerous women)<ref>Ibn Saʿd, al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā, vol. 10, p. 290 and 302; Balādhurī, Ansāb al-ashrāf, vol. 3, p. 25; Kulaynī, ''al-Kāfī'', vol. 6, p. 56.</ref> and that he had many concubines, with some of whom he had children.<ref>Balādhurī, Ansāb al-ashrāf, vol. 3, p. 73.</ref> | ||
This claim has been subjected to much criticism in past and recent scholarly works. According to [[Madelung]], the first person to have spread the rumor that Imam al-Hasan (a) had ninety wives was Muhammad b. al-Kalbi, and the number was made up by al-Madaʾini (d. 225/839). However, al-Kalbi himself mentions only the names of eleven women as the Imam's wives, and from these eleven, five were arguably not the Imam's wives. Al-Qurashi maintains that these reports were fabricated by the [[Abbasids]] to tarnish the reputation of the descendants of Imam al-Hasan (a) who led several revolts against them. | This claim has been subjected to much criticism in past and recent scholarly works.<ref>Mahdawī Dāmghānī, Ḥasan b. Alī, Imām, p. 309.</ref> According to [[Madelung]], the first person to have spread the rumor that Imam al-Hasan (a) had ninety wives was Muhammad b. al-Kalbi, and the number was made up by al-Madaʾini (d. 225/839). However, al-Kalbi himself mentions only the names of eleven women as the Imam's wives, and from these eleven, five were arguably not the Imam's wives.<ref>Wilferd Madelung, Jānishīnī-yi Muḥammad, p. 514-515.</ref> Al-Qurashi maintains that these reports were fabricated by the [[Abbasids]] to tarnish the reputation of the descendants of Imam al-Hasan (a) who led several revolts against them.<ref>Al-Qarashī, Ḥayāt al-Imām al-Ḥasan, vol. 2, p. 453-454.</ref> | ||
There is disagreement as to the number of Imam al-Hasan's (a) children. According to [[al-Shaykh al-Mufid]], they were fifteen, but [[al-Tabrisi]] considers them sixteen, among whom was Abu Bakr who was martyred in the [[event of Karbala]]. | There is disagreement as to the number of Imam al-Hasan's (a) children. According to [[al-Shaykh al-Mufid]], they were fifteen,<ref>Mufīd, al-Irshād, vol. 2, p. 20.</ref> but [[al-Tabrisi]] considers them sixteen, among whom was Abu Bakr who was martyred in the [[event of Karbala]].<ref>Ṭabrisī, Iʿlām al-warā, vol. 1, p. 416.</ref> | ||
==Residence in Kufa== | ==Residence in Kufa== | ||