The lesson
- The son of Imam al-Hadi, the eleventh Imam of the Shia and the father of Imam al-Mahdi. His mother was a bondwoman named Hudayth or Hudaytha (al-Kafi; al-Irshad of al-Shaykh al-Mufid); other sources name her Susan, Asfan or Salil. His kunya was Abu Muhammad (Dala'il al-Imama).
- He and his father are called al-Askari, and together al-Askariyyayn, because the caliphs held them in Samarra, which was also called al-Askar, the garrison (Wafayat al-A'yan of Ibn Khallikan).
- Born in Medina (al-Irshad) in Rabi' al-Thani 232 AH (846), as most early Imami sources record (Firaq al-Shi'a of al-Nawbakhti; al-Irshad); some Imami and Sunni sources give 231 AH, and a few place his birth in Samarra. Al-Mufid gives 10 Rabi' al-Thani (Masar al-Shi'a); by the sixth century most Imamis held 8 Rabi' al-Thani (Manaqib Ibn Shahrashub).
Questions
Why are Imam al-Hasan al-Askari and his father called al-Askariyyayn?
According to most early Imami sources such as al-Irshad, where was Imam al-Hasan al-Askari born?
What was the kunya of Imam al-Hasan al-Askari, as recorded in Dala'il al-Imama?
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