Hasan Al-Askari - Death

Death

Because he lived a majority of his life being mistreated under house arrest by the caliphs of the time, eventually, Hasan al-Askari died on the 8th Rabi' al-awwal 260 AH (approximately: 1 January 874)

After his death, his brother Ja'far ibn Ali took it upon himself to seize what was left behind al-Askari. It is claimed by historians that he also took public possession of his late brother's property and also tried to take his place in the eyes of his followers. It is also claimed that he made vicious insinuations against his late brothers followers and also began threatening them if they did not follow him.

After the death of Hasan al-Askari, there was a sect of his followers who believed, as a result of shock and bewilderment, that he did not die, but had instead entered occultation and that he was the Mahdi. According to this sect, their beliefs were based upon the impossibility of the death of the Imam without an apparent known issue (this sect did not believe in the imamate or even existence of Muhammad al-Mahdi), since the earth can never be without an imam according to their doctrine. This sect later separated into several other groups. Among them were those who admitted the death of Imam Hasan al-Askari, but added that he returned to life after a little while, in accordance with a tradition on the meaning of the word Qa’im, i.e. one who returns to life after his death. Also among them were those who claimed that he did die and did not return to life, but that he will return to life in the future. These groups incorporated some traditions (into their thought) from some early Waqifite Shiite movements. Another part of historians studying the pedigrees of some Central Asian "shejere" saints, believe that the 12th Imam was not the only son of Imam Hasan al-Askari. In the 11th Imam had two sons, Sayyid Muhammad (ie Imam Mahdi) and Sayyid Ali Akbar. Descendant of Sayyid Ali Akbar considered holy Bukhara Ishan (Eshon) Imlo. Ishan Imlo. - Bukhara "saint of the last time," as it is called in Bukhara, as it is believed that after him the Saints had no more. The average Asian Muslims revere him as the last of the saint. Ishan Imlo, according to the source, he died in 1162 AH (1748-1749), the mausoleum (Mazar) is a saint in Bukhara on the same cemetery.

Hasan al-Askari is buried in the mausoleum containing the remains of his father, Ali al-Hadi – The Al-Askari Mosque in Samarra, Iraq. The site is considered a holy shrine for the Shi’a's, though a bomb blast on 22 February 2006 destroyed much of the structure, and another bomb blast on 13 June 2007 destroyed the two remaining minarets of the Al-Askariya Mosque.