Imam hasan dan muawiyah biography

Peace treaty of Hasan with Muawiya

The Hasan–Mu'awiya treaty was a political peace treaty signed in between Hasan ibn Ali and Mu'awiya I (r.&#;–) to bring the First Fitna (–) to a close.

Under this treaty, Hasan ceded the caliphate to Mu'awiya on the condition that the latter should rule in compliance with the Quran and the sunna, a council should appoint his successor, and Hasan's supporters would receive amnesty.

Upon accession, Mu'awiya publicly recanted his earlier promises, while Hasan retired from politics in Medina.

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Throughout his reign, Mu'awiya also prosecuted notable partisans of Hasan and his father Ali.

Historical background

After Ali's assassination in , his eldest son Hasan was acknowledged caliph in Kufa.

Having been at war with Ali, Syria's governor Mu'awiya (r.&#;–) did not recognize the caliphate of Hasan, and led an army into Kufa, while pressing Hasan for abdication in his letters. In response, Hasan sent a vanguard under Ubayd A