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3. Deprivation of their Rights
The ruling authorities went too far in wronging the 'Alawids and depriving them of all their natural
rights. They spread among them poverty and neediness, met them with persecution and
deprivation after the death of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and his family. They deprived
them of the one‐fifth (khums) which was made obligatory by Allah to them. They confiscated
Fadak from them lest they should be strong. They possessed alone the affairs of the caliphate and
government. They turned away from the family of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and his
family, and went too far in degrading their social rank.
In his sermon "al‐Shaqshaqiya", Imam 'Ali, the Commander of the faithful, peace be on him, has
shown his deep sadness for losing his right. He has many statements in his Nahjual Balagha in
which he has shown his displeasure with plundering his legacy and authority. The souls of his
children were filled with this opinion, and they struggled for a long time to regain their rights.
When Di'bil al‐Khaza'i recited his poem to Imam al‐Rida, peace be on him, and reached this poetry
line: "I can see that their fayya' is divided among other than them while their hands are void of it,"
he became sad, turned his holy hand, and said with sorrow and sadness: "Yes, by Allah, they are
void!"
The Imams of Ahl al‐Bayt and their followers had such feelings, so they struggled for them. They
made many sacrifices, to the extent that the prisons and the grave yards were full of them; and
they faced the most violent and severest problems.
[1] Al‐Roud al‐Nadeer, vol. 1, p. 75.
[2] 'Aqa'id al‐Zaydiya.
These are some factors that urged the 'Alawids to revolt against the tyrannical governments of
the Umayyad and the 'Abbasids.
Imam Bin al‐Sa'i's Statement
Imam al‐Siba'i, a jurist, has talked about the reasons for the revolt of the 'Alawids. His statement is
full of reliable proofs of his beliefs as follows: "Surely whoever carefully considers Islamic history
certainly comes to know that all those from among the family of the Prophet, may Allah bless him
and his family, came out in revolt because they were liable to disasters, straits, poverty, and
abasement. The Umayyads gave to non‐Arabs and Arab paupers hundred thousands of dinars.
They gave to them estates, appointed them as governors over the countries, and employed them
as ministers while they were stingy toward the 'Alawids, that they might subject them to straits
and severe ordeals. So the Fatimid ('Alawid) was unable to find the cost of a Negro female slave to
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