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Imam Hasan al-Askari (AS), the eleventh Imam of Shia Muslims and the father of Imam Mahdi (AS), was born in 232 AH/846-7 AD in Medina. During his childhood, he was forced to accompany his father to Samarra, in present-day Iraq, by the Abbasid caliph. He lived there under Abbasid surveillance until his martyrdom in 260 AH/873-4 AD. He was buried alongside his father, Imam al-Hadi (AS), in Samarra, at a site known as the Shrine of the Two Askari Imams.

There are no specific reports about Imam Hasan al-Askari (AS) performing Hajj. However, narrations from him regarding the pilgrimage, its significance, and the meanings behind the phrases of "Labbayk" have been recorded. In addition to the commentary attributed to him, prayers and supplications by the Imam are also found in Islamic sources.

Biography

Hasan ibn Ali ibn Muhammad (AS), commonly known as Imam Hasan al-Askari (AS), was the eleventh Imam of the Twelve Imams in Shia Islam. His father was Imam al-Hadi (AS), and his mother was a noblewoman from Nubia. According to widely accepted accounts, he was born on the 8th of Rabi al-Thani in 232 AH/2th December 846 in Medina.

At the age of four, in 236 AH/850 AD, or possibly in 233 AH/847 AD, he accompanied his father to Samarra after the Abbasid caliph Mutawakkil detained his father. Imam Hasan al-Askari (AS) remained in Samarra until the end of his life.

He was given the title "al-Askari" because Mutawakkil housed him in the military district of Samarra. Additionally, he was known as "Ibn al-Ridha," a title also attributed to his father, Imam al-Hadi (AS), and his grandfather, Imam al-Jawad (AS), due to their lineage from Imam al-Ridha (AS). Other titles recorded for him in historical sources include Khālis, Khāṣṣ, Sirāj, Ṣāmit, Zakī, and Taqī.

Imam Hasan al-Askari’s wife was Lady Narjis Khatun, and their only son was Imam Mahdi (AS). However, some historians have mentioned the possibility of other children attributed to him.

Martyrdom

Imam Hasan al-Askari (AS) was martyred at the age of 28 on the 8th of Rabi al-Awwal in 260 AH/ 1th January 874 AD, poisoned under the orders of the Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tamid. He was buried next to his father, Imam al-Hadi (AS), in Samarra. This sacred site is known as the *Shrine of the Two Askari Imams* (al-Askariyain).

The burial place of Imam Hasan al-Askari (AS), alongside his father, remains a revered shrine and pilgrimage destination, famously referred to as the Shrine of the Two Askari Imams.