Allah’s Apostle...

Allah’s Apostle, may Allah bless him and his family, taught him this supplication: “O Allah, I ask you for every affair toward which my strength is [^1] Al-Shaykh al-Ansari, al-Makasibin weak, to which my desire does not come, which does not come to my mind and does not run through my tongue. That is from among the things You give to any of the creatures. The first are the Muhajireeen, and the last are the Ansar.” Al-Hasan woke up and memorized the supplication. He supplicated with it.

Shortly after that Mu’awiya sent him the pay after one of his special associates had reminded him that Imam al-Hasan had not come to him in that year.[^1] None can depend on this narration because the Imam was famous for glory, sense of honor, and self-esteem. So how did he yield to Hind’s son (Mu’awiya), intend to write to him to ask for the pay, and Allah’s Apostle, may Allah bless him and his family, had prohibited him from that?

It is worth mentioning that Imam al-Hasan was in no need of Mu’awiya’s gifts. That is because he had in Yathrib many country estates that produced him enormous properties as well as the good, righteous Muslims who sent him legal dues. As for the properties he received from Mu’awiya, he did not spend them on himself or on his family.

It has been mentioned that he did not take from them the amount the riding animal carried with its mouth.[^2] Imam Musa bin Ja’far (a.s) narrated: “Surely al-Hasan and al-Husayn refused to accept the gifts of Mu’awiya bin Abi Sufyan.”[^3] Therefore, it was not permissible for Imam al-Hasan to travel to Mu’awiya to take the pay from him. His Debates Mu’awiya was unable to stand Imam al-Hasan when he was in Damascus. He saw the people come and welcome him. He was displeased with that.

So he held meetings and filled them with the forces that deviated from and showed enmity toward them such as Amr bin al-‘Aas, al-Mughira bin Shu‘ba, Marwan bin al-Hakam, al-Waleed bin ‘Aqaba, Ziyad bin Abeeh, and Abdullah bin al-Zubayr. He ordered them to have the audacity to Imam al-Hasan. He also ordered them to disparage him, that he might induce the people to abstain from him and to satisfy himself for revenge on the (grand) son of the one who conquered Mecca and destroyed Quraysh’s idols.

These rogues met Imam al-Hasan with bitter speech and obscene words. They went too far in showing recklessness and aggression toward him. However the Imam gave them strong answers of his flowing speech.