Hazrat Hasan’s (ra) Address

When Hazrat Ali (ra) bin Abi Talib passed away, Hazrat Hasan bin Ali (ra) stood up on the pulpit and said, “O people! Tonight, the person who has passed away is one who has no parallel among the people before him, nor will those coming after him ever attain his rank. When the Holy Prophet (sa) would send him on an expedition, Angel Gabriel would be on his right and Angel Michael on his left. He would never return until Allah the Almighty granted victory at his hands. He has only left behind 700 dirhams, with which he intended to purchase a servant and his soul was raised up on the same night that the soul of Jesus (as) was raised up” i.e. the 27th night of the blessed month of Ramadan. In another narration it states that he passed away on the 17th night of Ramadan in 40 AH. His martyrdom took place in 40 AH and Hazrat Ali’s (ra) Khilafat lasted for four years, eight and a half months.

(Ibn Saad, At-Tabaqat-ul-Kubra, Vol. 3 [Beirut, Lebanon: Dar al-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyyah, 1990], p. 28), (Ibn Hajar al- Asqalani, Al-Isabah fi Tamyiz al-Sahabah, Vol. 4 [Beirut, Lebanon: Dar al-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyyah, 2005], p. 468)