On the 8th of Rabi-ul Awwal he -asws asked his son...

On the 8th of Rabi-ul Awwal he -asws asked his son, the 12th Imam -asws , to bring him some water and then leave him.

Imam -asws left for the better world on that day and was given \u2018Ghusl & Kafan\u2019 by Imam -asws \u2018s son, the 12th Imam -ajfj .\u00a0 The other important responsibility of Imam Hassan Askari -asws , had been to prepare Shias for the \u2018minor Occultation\u2019 of his son, Imam Mehdi -ajfj which was met through appointing his representatives who would receive written instructions from Imam Hassan Al-Askari -asws and communicate with the followers of Ahlul Bait -asws , an environment they would face during the minor Occultation (Ghaibat-e-Sughra) which immediately took place after the martyred of Imam Hassan Al-Askari -asws .

[16] \n Bequest of the 11 th Imam -asws and Imamat of the 12th Imam -ajfj \n \u2018It is narrated to us by the one who was present at the death of Al-Hassan -asws Bin Ali -asws Bin Muhammad Al-Askari -asws and his -asws burial, from the one who had not paused at the count of their -asws numbers, nor exceeded upon their -asws like colluding with the lies, and afterwards.

\n We were present in Shaban in the year two hundred and seventy-eight (278), and that was eighteen years or more after the passing away of Abu Muhammad Al-Hassan -asws Bin Ali Al-Askari -asws , in a gathering of Ahmad Bin Ubeydullah Bin Khaqan, and he was an office bearer of the sultan on that day upon the taxation and the estates in the town of Qum, and he was from the most hostile of the creatures of Allah -azwj and there severest of enmity towards them -asws .

\n The discussion flowed about the ones from the progeny of Abu Talib -as at Surmanray, and their doctrines, and their righteousness, and their worth in the presence of the Sultan.

Ahmad Bin Ubeydullah said, \u2018I have neither seen nor known of any man from the Alawites at Surmanray being like Al-Hassan -asws Bin Ali -asws Bin Muhammad -asws Bin Al-Reza -asws , nor have I hear of him, in his -asws guidance, and his -asws silence, and his -asws chastity, and his -asws nobility, and his -asws benevolence in the presence of his -asws family members and the Sultan and entirety of the clan of Hashim -as , and their advancing him -asws upon ones with seniority from them, and like that the leaders, and the ministers, and the scribes, and the common people\u2019.