Al-Hasan ibn Abi al-Hasan Yasar Abu Sa`id al-Basri (d. 110), al-Faqih, the great Imam of Basra, leader of the ascetics and scholars of his time. His mother took him as a child to `Umar (ra) who supplicated for him with the words: "O Allah! Make him wise in the Religion and beloved to people." As a man he became known for his strict and encompassing embodiment of the Sunna of the Prophet (saw), famous for his immense knowledge, austerity and asceticism.
The following is a lecture on the life of al-Hasan al-Basri (ra) by Shaykh Ibrahim Madani:
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