She told Imam Ali (a.

She told Imam Ali (a.s) and he admired that and asked her: “From where have you brought this (revelation)?” “From your son, al-Hasan!’” Imam Ali (a.s) hid himself in a corner of the house, that he might listen to his son. As usual al-Hasan came and told his mother about the verses of the [^1] Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 10, p. 89. revelation he had memorized.

He was unable to speak, so his mother asked him: “O my little son, why are you unable to speak?” “Mother, do not be astonished at what has befallen me,” replied al-Hasan, “for the Most High (Allah) looks after me.”[^1] This attitude is a proof of al-Hasan’s great cleverness through which he saw the distant and unknown things. His Memorizing of Traditions Though al-Hasan (a.s) was four years old, he memorized many traditions he heard from his grandfather (a.s).

We will mention some traditions he narrated from his grandfather: He (a.s) has said: “Allah’s Apostle (a.s) taught me some words to say during the (prayer of al-Witr): ‘O Allah, guide me through him whom You guided! Make me well through him You made well! Look after me through him after whom You looked! Bless that which You have given to me! Protect me from the evil of that which You have decreed! You decree, and none decrees against You.

(The one) whom You support is not abased, Blessed and Most High You are, O Lord!”[^2] 2.Umar bin Ma’mun narrated, saying: “I have heard al-Hasan, son of Ali (a.s) say: ‘Whoever offers the morning prayer and sits in his place of praying until the sun rises shall have a veil from the Fire.” Or he said: “A curtain from the Fire.”[^3] A companion of his asked him: “What do you remember of Allah’s Apostle (a.s)?” He (a.s) replied: “I took one of the dates given as alms. I put it into my mouth.

He (the Prophet) took it out (of my mouth). So I asked him: ‘What is the matter with this date?’ ‘It is not lawful for us, Muhammad’s family, to take something given as alms.”[^4] He (a.s) was asked about what he heard from Allah’s Apostle (a.s) and he replied: “I heard him saying to some man: “Leave that which fills you with doubt for that which does not fill you with doubt. That is because evil is [^1] Ibn Shahrashub, al-Manaqib, vol. 2, p. 148. Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 10, p. 93.

[^2] Al-Turmidhi, Saheeh, vol. 1, p. 93. Ibn ‘Asakir, Tarikh, vol. 1, p. 20. Al-Hakim, Mustadrak, vol. 3, p. 172. [^3] Usd al-Ghaba, vol. 2, p. 11. [^4] Ibid.