How many wives Hazrat Hassan r.a. had?

Some books have reported 70 wives. Others have increased the number to 90. Still others have said 250 wives. The highest number is 300. What is the most authentic one?

Muslims are allowed to have just 4 wives at a time so how can Imam Hassan a.s can have 90 or more wives..seems incorrect to me

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@ mjkhan: Yes, you are right. A Muslim is allowed to have four wives at a time. History says that he has only four wives at a time but he frequently divorced them so the number of times he married is un-beleivable.

This is what I have mentioned. Need to get an authentic source and number. i bet, it would be an un-beleivable number.

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the more you will research the said topic the more you will regret it everyone will say something different and new and sometimes something weird so you it is better to bury your curiosity. and believe what is appropriate and that is what mjkhan said

our prophet said "Allah did not make anything lawful more abominable to Him than Divorce. Of all the lawful acts the most detestable to Allah is Divorce."

here you go (by a shia scholar )(http://www.al-islam.org/al-serat/imamhasan.htm)

Some have reported 70 wives. Others have increased the number to 90. Still others have said 250 wives! The highest number is 300!

The first report of 70 wives is given by Abu'l-Hasan `Ali ibn Abdullah Al-Basri Al-Mada'ini, who died in 225 A.H. This man was a partisan of Bani Umayya - he was a freed slave of Sumra ibn Habib, an Umayyad.

Ubn Adi has said of him: He is not strong in Hadith. (Mizan al-I 'tidal, Vol.2, p.232, Lisan al-Mizan, Vol.4, p.253)

This Madaini does not say from where he got this number of 70.

The second report of 90 wives appears in Nur al-Absar of Shablanji who died in 1298 AH.

Reports of 250 and 300 wives are found in Quwwat al-Qulub (Vol. 2, p.246) of Abu Talib Makki who died in 380 A.H. He writes:

"Hasan ibn `Ali married 250 wives; and it is said that 300 wives. `Ali was very much annoyed and grieved by it, because when Hasan divorced a woman, `Ali felt embarrassment before her family. `Ali used to say that 'Hasan is habitual divorcer; you people should not give your daughters to him." Then a man from the tribe of Hamdan said:

'O amir al-Mu'minin, by God, we will give him our daughters; and he may retain whomsoever he wishes and may divorce whomsoever he dislikes.' Hearing it, `Ali was very much pleased and recited the following poem:

"If I would be in-charge of any gate of Paradise I would tell the tribe of Hamdan, 'Enter into Paradise with peace."

"Imam Hasan had likeness of the Prophet in facial features as well as in manners and character. The Holy Prophet told him, 'O Hasan, you are like me in features and character and manners.' Also he said, 'Hasan is from me and Husain is from `Ali.'

"Hasan, often married 4 wives in one sitting and then divorced 4 wives in one sitting."

Now this man Abu Talib had become mad at the time of writing this book Quwwat al-Qulub. He went to Baghdad and people came to see him. When they heard his senseless talk, all went away, and avoided him. One of his savings of that time is that "None is more harmful for the people than their Creator." The scolars have frankly said that he has written many things in that book which have no foundation at all.

These were the original reporters. All those who came after them have blindly copied from their books.

The fact is that it was impossible for Imam Hasan to marry so many wives even if he wanted to. All the narrations imply that he started this alleged pursuit of pleasure during the Khilafat of his father in Kufa. `Ali came to Kufa in 37 Hijra. Imam Hasan had at least three wives in Kufa.

Khawal Fazariya, who was the mother of Hasan Muthanna (the grandfather of Muhammad Nafs al-Zakiyya). She survived Imam Hasan. This marriage had taken place in Medina.
Umm Ishaq bint Talha. She was the mother of Husain Athram, Talha and Fatima. This marriage also had taken place in Medina. She survived Imam Hasan; and was later married to Imam Husain.
Ju'da bint Ash-ath. This marriage took place in Kufa and she also survived Imam Hasan. (She poisoned him on instigation of Mu'aviya.)

Islam allows a man to marry up to four women at any given time. As Imam Hasan already had three wives, who were with him up to the last day of his life, he could marry only one more woman at any time.

Bearing in mind this limitation, one can only regard the statement of Quwwat al-Qulub with amusement: "Often he (Imam Hasan) married 4 wives in one sitting and then divorced them in one sitting." How could he marry 4 wives in one sitting when he already had 3 wives?

Now suppose that he married a fourth wife, and then divorced her. As long as that divorced wife was in 'idda (period of probation, normally 3 months) she was counted legally his wife, and Imam Hasan could not marry another wife before expiry of her 'idda.

Let us, now, suppose that he married a woman. As divorce cannot be given in a month in which co-habitation has taken place, the earliest that that wife could be divorced was in next month; her 'idda continued for 3 months. Thus, four months passed before Imam Hasan could be free to marry another wife. One wife in four months gives us a maximum of 3 wives in a year. Supposing that Imam Hasan had no other work except marrying and divorcing, as Mansur said, and if we count from 37 A.H. up to his martyrdom at the beginning of 51 A.H. to get a period of 14 years, this will give us a maximum number of 42 possible marriages.

And the minimum alleged by these scholars is 70 wives!

After this clarification, there is no need for further comment upon these reports. Yet it is worthwhile to examine these reports a little more in order to show how absolutely unreliable they are.

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Report #2
Allama Suyuti in his “Tareeh al-khulafa” said:
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وأخرج ابن سعد عن جعفر بن محمد عن أبيه قال: قال علي يا أهل الكوفة لا تزوجوا الحسن فإنه رجل مطلاق فقال رجل من همدان والله لنزوجنه فما رضي أمسك وما كره طلق.

1) Ibn Sa`ad reports from Ja`afar ibn Muhammad from his father, said he: `Ali said : ‘o the people of kûfâ; do not give in marriage, your daughters to Hasan for he divorces very soon.’ a man from the hamdân clan said: ‘by Allâh, we shall give our daughters to him in marriage. those he likes, let him keep; and those he dislikes, divorce.’

وأخرج ابن سعد عن عبد الله بن حسن قال: كان حسن رجلا كثير نكاح النساء وكن قلماً يحظين عنده وكان قل امرأة تزوجها إلا أحبته وصبت إليه.

2) Ibn Sa`ad reports from `AbdAllâh ibn Hasan, said he: ‘Hasan married many women. not many women dwelt with him for long. yet, none of the women he married [and divorced] loved him any less.

وأخرج ابن سعد عن علي بن الحسين: قال كان الحسن مطلاقاً للنساء وكان لا يفارق امرأة إلا وهي تحبه وأحصن تسعين امرأة.

3) Ibn Sa`ad reports from `Ali ibn al-Husayn, said he: Hasan would divorce his wives after a short marriage. inspite of that, the women kept loving him even after divorce. He married ninety women.

وأخرج ابن سعد عن جعفر بن محمد عن أبيه قال: كان الحسن يتزوج ويطلق حتى خشيت أن يورثنا عداوة في القبائل.

4) Ibn Sa`ad reports from Ja`afar ibn Muhammad from his father, said he: Hasan would marry and divorce soon after. i feared that this would harbor enmity amongst the clans.

Report #3
First report was narrated by ibn Abi Shaiba in “Musannaf”,
without mention man from hamadan.
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19195 – حدثنا أبو بكر قال نا حاتم بن إسماعيل عن جعفر عن أبيه قال قال علي يا أهل العراق أو يا أهل الكوفة لا تزوجوا حسنا فإنه رجل مطلاق

1) As far as I see chain contains only upright narrators. Abu Bakr, that ibn Abu Shaiba himself. Hatam ibn Ismail was thiqat, Nasai said he’s not strong, but that words of Nasai doesn’t shows his great weakness, as I was explained recently. However Muhammad ibn Ali didn’t met Ali ibn Abu Talib. So we can say that chain contains upright narrators till Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Hussain.

19196 – حدثنا أبو بكر قال نا حاتم عن جعفر عن ابيه قال قال علي ما زال الحسن يتزوج ويطلق حتى حسبت أن يكون عداوة في القبائل
2) My humble verdict same, chain contains upright narrators. And this report end upon Ali, obviously not ibn Hussain, but ibn Abu Talib. Just al-Baqir narrates from him. Muhammad ibn Ali didn’t met Ali ibn Abu Talib. So we can say that chain contains upright narrators till Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Hussain.

Report # 4
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al-Heythami in “Majmau zawaid” (7503) said: narrated Tabarani and narrators are people of saheeh.
That’s mean he send 100 000 dirhams in one marriage.

Report # 5 -- (Final)

Conclusion:-
Note: its not only Abu Tablib Al-Makki Rh.A. who reported this
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a) It was narrated by ibn Abu Shaiba in “Musannaf” (16396),
b) Tabarani in “al-Kabir”, Ibn Asakir in history,
c) Abu Nuaym in “Hilliyah”, Thalabi in “Kashful bayan”,
d) Haraiti in “Makarimul ahlaq” from Muhammad ibn Sirin (arabic text from Hilliya 2/38):

حدثنا سليمان بن أحمد ثنا الحسين بن إسحاق ثنا عثمان بن أبي شيبة ثنا عبد الأعلى هشام بن حسان عن ابن سيرين قال تزوج الحسن بن علي إمرأة فأرسل إليها بمائة جارية مع كل جارية ألف درهم
that he said: al-Hasan married woman, and send to her 100 slave-girls, and with each of them 1000 dirhams.
[thanks to Muhammad Junaid Ahmad]

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