Chapter 22: The Relationship Between Al-Hasan and Mu’awiyah
The Relationship Between Al-Hasan and Mu’awiyah After the Peace Deal:
During the Caliphate of Mu’awiyah, Al-Hasan would visit him and on one occasion, when Mu’awiyah saw Al-Hasan, he said: I shall give you a gift that I have never given to anyone before you and I shall not give it to anyone after you.
Mu’awiyah then gave Al-Hasan four hundred thousand dirhams, which Al-Hasan accepted.
In another report, it is mentioned that Al-Hasan ibn Ali used to visit Mu’awiyah annually, and each time Mu’awiyah would give him one hundred thousand dirhams.
Al-Hasan’s Dream:
Al-Hasan was about to write a letter to Mu’awiyah, but he felt tired and lay down to sleep.
In his sleep, he saw the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, who said: Al-Hasan, are you writing to a created being to ask him to meet your needs, instead of asking your Lord?
Al-Hasan replied: what should I do, O Messenger of Allah, when my debts are so many?
The Prophet told Al-Hasan to say the following Dua: O Allah, I am asking You for every matter that I could not achieve by means of my strength and power, that I did not aspire to achieve, that did not cross my mind, that I did not any hope for, and that was not uttered by my tongue (as a result) of strong faith, that You grant to anyone of Your first creation, or the Muhajirin and Ansar. I ask You to grant me, O Most Merciful of those who show mercy.
Al-Hasan ibn Ali then said: I mentioned these words that the Prophet taught me in this dream and said them in my supplication. Soon, Mu’awiyah mentioned it to me and he ordered for two hundred thousand dirhams to be given to me.
According to another report, the supplication that the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ taught to Al-Hasan in his dream was the following:
O Allah, instil in my heart hope of mercy, and stop me from pinning my hopes on anyone except You, so that I will have no hope in anyone except You.
O Allah, whatever I could not achieve by means of my strength and deeds, that I did not want or ask for, or utter on my lips, that you gave to anyone of the earlier or later people of certainty of faith, then grant it to me. O Lord of the Worlds.
Al-Hasan ibn Ali said: By Allah, I repeated this constantly for only one week before Mu’awiyah sent me one million, five hundred thousand dirhams. Praise be to Allah, Who does not forget those who remember Him and does not let down those who call upon Him.
Al-Hasan then said: Later, I saw the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ in a dream and he asked: O Al-Hasan, how are you? I replied: I am well O Messenger of Allah.
Al-Hasan continued: I informed him of what had happened and he (the Prophet) said: My son, this is the result of the one who puts his hope in the Creator and does not put his hope in created beings.