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al-
aqq
(the True, i.e., God)
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see HAQQ.

 
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(d. 669–70 (AH 49)).
Second
Sh
‘a
Ima
, son of
‘Al
and
F
ima
, and claimant to the Caliphate until he renounced the office in favour of
Mu‘
wiyyah
. Mu‘awiyyah rewarded him with a generous settlement and a subsidy of a million dirhams. The Sh
‘a contend that Hasan was a
martyr
by being poisoned to death by Mu‘
wiyyah. However, this is unlikely since Mu‘
wiyyah had already neutralized him and Mu‘
wiyyah was not a man to commit an unnecessary crime when his design had already succeeded. It is more likely that he died of consumption.