Invasion of Banu Qurayza
According to Islamic tradition Hassan lived for 120 years, sixty years before converting to Islam and another sixty thereafter. In his youth he traveled to Al-Hirah and Damascus, then settled in Medina, where, after the arrival of Prophet Mohammad(صلى الله عليه واله وسلم), he accepted Islam and wrote poems in his defense. This was regarded as an example of early Muslims using their pagan talents to advance their new faith. Prophet Mohammad(صلى الله عليه واله وسلم) gave Hassan his slave Sirin, the sister of Prophet Mohammad's(صلى الله عليه واله وسلم) wife Maria al-Qibtiyya. The sisters were Egyptian Coptic Christians sent as gifts to Muhammad by Muqawqis, a ruler of Egypt, in around 628. Sirin bore Hassan a son, 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Hassan. After Prophet Mohammad's(صلى الله عليه واله وسلم) death Hassan was supposed to have traveled east as far as China, preaching for Islam along with Sa`d ibn Abi Waqqas, Thabit ibn Qays, and Uwais al-Qarni.
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