“He [the angel] said: “Nay, I am only a messenger from your Lord, (to announce) to you the gift of a holy son.”
She [Mary] said, “How shall I have a son seeing that no man has touched me, and I am not unchaste?”
He said: “Even so: Your Lord says, ‘That is easy for Me: and We wish to appoint him as a Sign unto men and a Mercy from Us’: It is a matter decreed.”
– Qur’an, Sura Maryam (19):19-21
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It is reported that Imam Hasan ibn ‘Ali (peace be upon him) said:
“Be obedient to Allah and have faith in Him. The loftiness of those who know the greatness of Allah is expressed in their modesty. The safety of those who know the power of Allah is expressed in their surrender to Him. Do not be influenced by the ignorant. Seek knowledge from its bearers. They are the light with which one can enlighten oneself.”
Imam Hasan was born on the 15th of Ramadan in Madinah, city of the Prophet (peace be upon him and his progeny). He was the second to take the office of Imam after his father Ali (peace be upon him).
The Prophet once said of Imam Hasan and his younger brother Imam Husayn: “Al-Hasan and Al-Husayn are the leaders of the youths of Paradise and Fatimah (their mother) is the leader of its women.”
He (may Allah bless him and grant him and his family peace) said:
“They (Hasan and Husain) are my two sweet-smelling flowers in this world.”
