In those distressed conditions they had also lost their Imam and caliph and were facing the aggressive rulers of Syria who had been their rivals. However, they were very hopeful that Imam Hasan Mujtaba (as) would find some political solution to the existing hatred between Syria and Iraq, so that peace and tranquility would prevail in Koofa.
Mnamo tarehe 28 ya mwezi wa Safar (Mfunguo Tano) mwaka wa 50 wa Hijiriya, Imamu Hasan (a.s.) alifariki na Imamu Husain (a.s.) alichukua maiti yake kuelekea kwenye kaburi la Mtukufu Mtume (s.a.w.), lakini kile kilichofikiriwa kuwa kitatokea, kweli kilitokea.