Imam al-Hasan b. Ali al-Askari (a): Difference between revisions

[[Al-Shaykh al-Mufid]] believed that due to having all necessary virtues, his superiority over all his contemporary people in issues related to [[imamate]] and also regarding the [[hadith]]s narrated from [[Imam al-Hadi (a)]], after Imam al-Hadi (a), his son, al-Hasan b. 'Ali (Imam al-'Askari (a)) was the 11th Imam of [[Shi'a]]. In one of the hadiths from Imam al-Hadi (a), [['Ali b. 'Umar al-Nufayli]] says, "I was with Imam al-Hadi (a) in his house and his son, [[Muhammad b. 'Ali al-Hadi (a)|Muhammad]] –Abu Ja'far– passed by. I told Imam al-Hadi (a), 'May I be sacrificed for you! Will that be our Imam after you?' He (a) said, 'After me, al-Hasan will be Imam."

Except few people who followed imamate of Muhammad b. 'Ali (who passed away at the time of his father, Imam al-Hadi (a)) and very few people who declared [[Ja'far b. 'Ali al-Hadi (a)|Ja'far b. 'Ali]] as their Imam, majority of the companions of Imam al-Hadi (a) accepted the imamate of Imam al-Hasan al-'Askari (a). Al-Mas'udi regarded majority of [[Twelver Shi'a]] followers Imam al-'Askari (a) and his son and they have been known in history as Qat'iyya.