Hasan ibn Rashid

Hasan ibn Rashid or Abu Ali ibn Rashid was a representative of Ali al-Hadi in Baghdad, Mada'in, and the Sawad.^[1][2] These representatives were responsible for the financial and religious affairs of the Imamite Shias^[3] especially for the collection of religious taxes like Khums^[4] and following the same tenet of political quietism of the Shia Imams, they took on the role of directing and organising the Shia community.^[5] Hasan predeceased al-Hadi and was praised by him, "He [Hasan] lived content and died a martyr."^[6]

A letter attributed to al-Hadi asks Hasan and Ayyub ibn Nuh, another representative of the imam, to resolve their dispute and work only within their defined areas.^[6][7] al-Hadi's representatives appear to have been split up into four distinct regions: the first one included Baghdad, Mada'in, the Sawad, and Kufa; the second, Basra and Ahwaz; the third, Qom and Hamadan; and the fourth, the Hejaz, Yemen, and Egypt.^[8] According to al-Shaykh al-Mufid, Hasan was one of the famous jurisprudents and chiefs from whom people took the verdicts of halal and haram and who were uncriticized and unblameable.^[9]