Karim Ahl al-Bayt (Title)

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Karīm Ahl al-Bayt (Arabic: کَریم أهل البَیْت, lit: the generous one of the Ahl al-Bayt) is a title attributed to Imam al-Hasan al-Mujtaba (a)[1] due to his generosity and charity.[2] Although the term "Karim" has been used to describe al-Hasan b. 'Ali (a), in early sources,[3] the title Karim al-Ahl al-Bayt does not appear in any historical or hadith sources from the early period and is only found in later works as a title for him.[4]

Imam Hasan's reputation as "Karim Ahl al-Bayt" is attributed to stories narrated by historiographers about his generosity.[5] It is said that Imam al-Hasan (a) extensively donated to the poor and needy, a degree of generosity that cannot be found in the lives of any other prominent figures in history.[6] Imam al-Hasan (a) was the most generous person of his time and became a byword for generosity. While all of the Ahl al-Bayt (a) were known for their generosity and nobility, only he was given the title of Karim.[7]

Ibn al-Jawzi (d. 654/1256), a Sunni scholar, mentions the second Shia Imam in his book, Tadhkirat al-khawass (book), as a prominent figure in generosity and kindness, regarding the virtues of al-Hasan b. 'Ali (a) writes that during his lifetime, al-Hasan gave away his entire wealth twice for the sake of God and distributed his wealth equally to the poor three times.[8] It is also reported that, in response to a poor person's request, he gave him twenty thousand dirhams.[9]

Baqir Sharif al-Qarashi (d. 1433/2012), a Shi'a scholar, narrates a hadith about the title "Karim Ahl al-Bayt" (the generous one of the Ahl al-Bayt (a)). It is reported that when Imam al-Hasan (a) was asked why he never turned away a beggar in despair, the Imam (a) replied: "I too am, before God, a poor individual, begging that He does not deprive me. I am ashamed to make the poor despair when approaching God with such hope. And the God who bestows His favor upon me desires that I help others."[10]

Notes

  1. ↑ ʿAqīl, Min arwaʿ mā qāl al-Imām al-Ḥasan (a) al-Mujtabā, p. 164.
  2. ↑ Ḥakīm, Pīshwāyān-i Hidāyat, vol. 4, p. 46.
  3. ↑ Yaʿqūbī, Tārīkh al-Yaʿqūbī, vol. 2, p. 226.
  4. ↑ Why is Imam al-Hasan (a) referred to as "Karim" (the Generous)?
  5. ↑ Raḍawī, Karīm-i Ahl-i Bayt, p. 46.
  6. ↑ Muḥaqqiq Arzagānī, Faḍāʾil-i Aʾimma-yi Aṭhār (a) az dīdgāh-i Ahl-i Sunnat, p. 103.
  7. ↑ Qarashī, Dānishnāma-yi Imām Amīr al-Muʾminīn ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib (a), vol. 1, p. 32.
  8. ↑ Sibṭ b. al-Jawzī, Tadhkirat al-khawāṣ, p. 176, 178.
  9. ↑ Naẓarī Munfarid, al-Ṣulḥ al-Dāmī, p. 349.
  10. ↑ Qarashī, al-Niẓām al-Tarbawī, p. 248; Shūshtarī, Iḥqāq al-ḥaqq, vol. 11, p. 238.

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