Imam Hassan (p.b.u.h.) was born on Tuesday, 15^th day of Ramadan, 3^rd year of Hijrat, in the city of Medina.

On seventh day of his birthday, Gabriel was present to prophet of God (peace be upon him and his progeny) and asked him to select a name for the baby and to sacrifice a sheep for him. In the same day,  prophet (p.b.u.h.) whispered prayers in the ears of Imam Hassan (p.b.u.h.).

The main subjects which should be considered in the first days of a baby’s birthday are as follows:

1. Naming the Child: Amir Almomenin Ali (p.b.u.h.) prescribed: One of the rights of the child towards his father is that the father selects for him a good name.

2. Whispering prayers in the right and the left ears of the baby: the divine halloo of prayers in the ears of the baby, the halloo of monotheism and prophecy and Imamate will affect the soul of the baby and will blossom his raw and pure nature.

3. Sacrificing a Sheep: This is a life insurance for the baby. It serves as a charity to kill a sheep and to divide it among the poor. Of course it is better that the parents of the baby do not eat the meat.

The prophet was naming Imam Hassan and Imam Hossein (p.b.u.h.) as his sons and they were calling the prophet, father. The extreme love of the prophet towards the sons was due to many facts:

1. All the sons of prophet had died and God granted to him Imam Hassan and Imam Hossein to replace the lost sons. Therefore, love of every father for his son was manifested in the kind heart of prophet.

2. They were sons of Hazrat Fatemeh (p.b.u.h.) the only daughter of prophet who was always respected by the father.

3. The sons were among the Five innocents prophet gathered them under his cloak, who deserved the high grade of Imamate and were subject to purification verse and they are loved by God.

4. The most important fact is their all-time sacrifice and dedication in survival and revival of religion of Mohammad which should be praised.

In Holy Koran, God prescribes:

“When God tested Abram in some ways, and he was admitted, God stated to him: I made you the Imam and the leader of the people and Abram answered: Elect some Imams out of my generation. And God replied: My convention (Imamate) will not go to the cruel ones.”

Taking into consideration the contents of this pure verse, it will be clear that the rank of Imamate was granted to Abram in the end of his life. Imamate has many definitions, but what is in compliance with the meaning of the aforesaid verse is that Imamate includes fulfillment of religious programs such as government as execution of religious limits and divine decrees and also education of the souls whether in appearance or in nature and such a position is higher than the position of prophecy, because prophecy is only to send God’s words and to notify God’s commands, but Imamate consists all these in addition to performance of the decrees and education of the souls whether in appearance or at depth.

Allameh Tabatabaei wrote as an interpretation of the aforesaid verse: “What is used in this field of the different verses is that whenever Imamate is named, guidance follows in interpretation. For instance in the story of Abram (p.b.u.h.) God prescribes: “We granted to Abram Isaac and Jacob and elected them all as the deserved.”  (sura: Abram, verse: 72)

As it is observed, guidance has been mentioned after Imamate as an explanation to it and it has then ordered it. it shows that the rank of Imamate is the rank of a special guidance, containing guidance to God’s order and is an inner guardianship on conducts of the people combined with guidance. Of course, guidance means attainment of the desired wish, i.e. reaching the destination, not only a guidance and presentation of the path which is the act of prophets, but it is the act of all the faithful persons  who invite the people  to God by presenting to them preaches.

Another subject which should be taken into consideration is that Almighty God stated the reasons for granting the rank of Imamate as follows:

“ Since they waited and they were faithful to our verses, so the reason for its granting was being patient in the path of God, an absolute patience including all the examinations and reaching the position of faith. As it was prescribed considering Abram: “And this way, we showed to Abram the nature of the skies and the land to be a faithful person”.  (Sura: Anaam, verse: 75) So, Imam should hold the place of faith and should be aware of the heaven.

Moreover, one can enjoy high rank of Imamate, if he is prosperous by nature. Because, if he is not prosperous in nature and some times outrages, so he will not enjoy such a position and will be in need of guidance of the other person and this will not be adaptable with guidance.

The following subjects are clarified by the above-mentioned facts:

1. Imamate is a contract of God and is the highest position granted by God.   

2. This position is granted through a series of worthiness.

3. Such worthiness shall be clear in several stages, in science, in faith, in practice, the high fundamentals of morals which are observed in the history of life of Abram (p.b.u.h.)

4. Such a position shall be determined by Almighty God, because, no one is aware of such worthiness except God.

5. Inhumanity and injury of others do not only mean inhumanity towards the other people, but oppression against justice means using of something in another place.