The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (125 page)
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al-
aqq
(the True, i.e., God)
:
aqq(the True, i.e., God)
:
see HAQQ.
al-Hasan b. ‘Ali
(d. 669–70 (AH 49)).
Second
Sh
‘a
Ima
, son of
‘Al
and
F
ima
, and claimant to the Caliphate until he renounced the office in favour of
Mu‘
wiyyah
. Mu‘awiyyah rewarded him with a generous settlement and a subsidy of a million dirhams. The Sh
‘a contend that Hasan was a
martyr
by being poisoned to death by Mu‘
wiyyah. However, this is unlikely since Mu‘
wiyyah had already neutralized him and Mu‘
wiyyah was not a man to commit an unnecessary crime when his design had already succeeded. It is more likely that he died of consumption.
Second
Sh
‘aIma
, son of‘Al
andF
ima, and claimant to the Caliphate until he renounced the office in favour of
Mu‘
wiyyah. Mu‘awiyyah rewarded him with a generous settlement and a subsidy of a million dirhams. The Sh
‘a contend that Hasan was amartyr
by being poisoned to death by Mu‘
wiyyah. However, this is unlikely since Mu‘wiyyah had already neutralized him and Mu‘wiyyah was not a man to commit an unnecessary crime when his design had already succeeded. It is more likely that he died of consumption.Other books
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