Abu al-Hasan

Abu al-Hasan (Arabic: أبوالحسن) is an Arabic kunya meaning “Father of Hasan.” A kunya is a traditional honorific name, usually formed with Abū (“father of”) followed by the name of a son, though it may also be used as a mark of respect regardless of actual parentage. The kunya Abu al-Hasan has been used by several members of the Prophet Muhammad’s family (Ahl al-Bayt). It is most notably associated with Ali, the fourth Rashidun caliph and the first Shia Imam, as well as the seventh, eighth, and ninth Shia Imams: Musa al-Kazim, Ali al-Rida, and Muhammad al-Jawad. These figures are sometimes distinguished as Abu al-Hasan al-Awwal (the First), Abu al-Hasan al-Thani (the Second), and Abu al-Hasan al-Thalith (the Third) when referring respectively.

Notable people

• Ali (600–661), the first Shia Imam and the fourth Rashidun Caliph
• Musa al-Kazim (745–799), the seventh Shia Imam
• Ali al-Rida (766–818), the eighth Shia Imam
• Muhammad al-Jawad (811–835) the ninth Shia Imam
• Abulasan, 12th-century Georgian politician
• Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman (1297–1351), a Marinid-dynasty sultan of Morocco and Al-Andalus
• Abu'l-Hasan Ali of Granada (died 1485)
• Abul Hassan (born 1917), Indian politician and trade unionist
• Abul Hasan (politician), Bangladeshi politician
• Abul Hasan Jashori (1918–1993), Bangladeshi Islamic scholar, politician and freedom fighter
• Abul-Hasan al-Muhajir, Islamic State spokesman
• Abolhassan Banisadr (1933 – 2021), first president of Iran after the Iranian Revolution
• Abul Hasan Chowdhury (born 1951), former Bangladeshi State Minister of Foreign Affairs
• A. A. M. S. Arefin Siddique (1953-2025), Bangladeshi academic administrator

See also

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• All pages with titles beginning with Abulhasan
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• All pages with titles beginning with Abul-Hasan
• All pages with titles beginning with Abulhassan
• All pages with titles beginning with Abul Hassan
• All pages with titles beginning with Abul-Hassan
• All pages with titles beginning with Abu'l Hasan
• All pages with titles beginning with Abu l-Hasan
• All pages with titles beginning with Abu Al-Hasan
• All pages with titles beginning with Abu al-Hasan
• All pages with titles beginning with Abolhasan
• All pages with titles beginning with Abolhassan
• All pages with titles beginning with Abu Hasan
• All pages with titles beginning with Abu Hassan
• All pages with titles beginning with Abu-Hasan
• All pages with titles beginning with Abu-Hassan

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