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

== Birth and Martyrdom ==

Imam al-Hasan al-'Askari (a) was born in [[Medina]]<ref>Mas'udi, ''Ithbat al-easiyya'', p. 258, 266; al-Shaykh al-Mufid, al-Irshad'', 1414AH, vol. 2, p. 313</ref> on [[Rabi' II]],<ref>Nubakhti, ''Firaq al-Shi'a'', p. 96; al-Shaykh al-Mufid, ''al-Irshad'', 1414AH, vol. 2, p. 313; Ibn Rustam Tabari, ''Dala'il al-Imama'', p. 423</ref> 8<ref>Ibn Shahrashub, ''Manaqib al Abi Talib'', vol. 3, p. 523; Kulayni, ''al-Kafi'', vol. 1, p. 503</ref> or 10,<ref>al-Shaykh al-Mufid, ''Masar al-Shi'a'', p. 52; See: Ibn Tawus, ''al-Iqbal'', vol. 3, p. 149; al-Shaykh al-Tusi, ''Misbah al-mujahid'', p. 792</ref> [[232]]/846<ref>Kulayni, ''al-Kafi'', vol. 1, p. 503; al-Shaykh al-Mufid, al-Irshad'', 1414AH, vol. 2, p. 313; Nubakhti, ''Firaq al-Shi'a'', p. 95</ref> and lived for 28 years. Some reported his birth in [[231]]/845.<ref>Ibn Abi al-Thalj', ''Majmu'at nafisa fi tarikh al-'aiymma'', p. 14; Mas'udi, ''Ithbat al-easiyya'', p. 258</ref>