He had no companionship (with the Prophet).

He had no companionship (with the Prophet).” This has been mentioned in (the book) Tahdhib al-Tahdhib, vol. 10, p. 154. [^3] Ibn ‘Asakir, Tarikh, vol. 225. the ways the religion did not accept such as equivocation, flattering, deception, and the like. As for Imam al-Hasan, he refused to employ such ways. He followed his father’s plan aiming at clinging to the truth and justice. Malik Bin Dhamra Malik bin Dhamra[^1] came in to Imam al-Hasan. He said to him some rude words.

Imam al-Hasan said to him: “Surely I feared that the Muslims would be uprooted from the face of the earth. I wanted someone to spread the religion.”[^2] In his speech Imam al-Hasan has expressed that he took care of sparing the Muslims’ blood, and that if he had opened a door to war against Mu’awiya, there would not have been a Muslim on the face of the earth. As a result he…