Muhammad bin Abdullah al-Hadrami: Al-Dahabi decalred him ‘Thiqah Mutlaqan.

Muhammad bin Abdullah al-Hadrami: Al-Dahabi decalred him ‘Thiqah Mutlaqan.(4) Ibn Hajar stated that people have authenticated him.(5) Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Numair: Al-Dahabi said: ‘Thabt’.(6) Ibn Hajar: ‘Thiqah’.(7) Yahya bin Abi Bakir: Al-Dahabi said: ‘Thiqah’.(8) Ibn Hajar said: ‘Thiqah’.(9) Shu’aba bin al-Hajaj: Al-Dahabi said: ‘Thabt Huja’.(10) Ibn Hajar said: ‘Thiqah’.(11) Abi Bakr bin Hafs: Al-Dahabi said: ‘al-Nisa’i authenticated him.(12) Ibn Hajar said: ‘Thiqah’.(13) In Sirrul Awliya by S.M.

Mubarak Alawi Karmani (Urdu translation by Ijaz ul Haqq Quddoosi) it is stated: “Imam Hassan (ra)’s wife Ja’da bint Ash’ath Kindi some how managed to poisoned him on the orders of Mu’awiya ”.(14) In Tadkhirat au Khawwas,(15) we read: “Sho’ubi states that Mu’awiya sent a message to Jada bint al-Ash’ath bin al Qays that if you poison Hassan then I shall marry you to Yazeed and in addition to this I shall give 100,000 dirhams.

When Hassan was martyred Judh sent a message to Mu’awiya asking that he fulfil his side of the deal. Mu’awiya sent the money but said “I reject that matter of Yazeed since I want him to remain alive, had this matter not occurred then I would have married you to Yazeed”. Allamah Zamakshari in Rabi’ ul Abrar,(16) notes that: Mu’awiya reached an agreement with Jada bint al-Ash’ath bin al Qays, namely 100,000 dirhams if she poisons Imam Hassan.

For two months Hassan bled profusely, and he would state ‘I have been poisoned on several occasion before but on this occasion the poison has attacked my heart’ We read in Fusl ul Muhimma: “Hassan came to Madina where he lived for about ten years. His wife Ja’da bint Ash’ath poisoned him, as Mu’awiya had promised Ja’da 100,000 Dirhams. After being poisoned, Hassan remained alive for forty days”.

Allamah Ibn Abdul Barr in his esteemed work al-Istiab records: وقال قتادة وأبو بكر بن حفص سم الحسن بن علي سمته امرأته جعدة بنت الأشعث بن قيس الكندي‏.‏وقالت طائفة كان ذلك منها بتدسيس معاوية إليها وما بذل لها من ذلك وكان لها ضرائر والله أعلم‏ Qatada and Abu Bakr bin Hafs stated that Hassan was administered poison, via his wife Ja’da bint Ashath. One group have said that Mu’awiya have sent Ja’da the poison and upon administering this poison, Ja’da was rewarded”.