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who intended to criticized him. Isma‘il al‐Fezari said: “I came in to Malik and asked him to narrate
me some traditions. He related to me twelve traditions, and then he ceased. So I said to him:
‘Relate to me more traditions, may Allah honor you.’ He had some black young men standing
behind him. He commanded them to take me out of his house, and they did.”[1] Certainly the
‘Abbasid government took great care of Malik and other than him from among the Imams of the
sects, that it might undermine the entity of the Imams of Ahl al‐Bayt, peace be on them, and put
an end to the Shi‘ites, who were the greatest of all the people in opposing it. It is important for us
to pause to talk about the Shi‘ite sect, who carried the standard of righteousness, revolted against
the tyrannical rulers, whose history is full of achievements, laudable deeds, and serving the
Muslims. That is as follows:
The Meaning of the Shi‘a
In Arabic the Shi‘a means followers and supporters. This meaning includes all those who follow
Imam ‘Ali, the Commander of the faithful, peace be on him, and his household. Al‐Fayruz Abadi
said: “Man’s Shi‘ites are his followers and supporters. This name includes all those who follow ‘Ali
and his household, peace be on them, to the extent that it concerns them only.”[2] Ibn Manzur
said: “The origin of the Shi‘a is the sect of people; it includes one, two, plural, masculine, feminine.
This name is used to those who follow ‘Ali and his household, may Allah be pleased with them all,
to the extent that it concerns them. If it is said, ‘so‐and‐so is a Shi‘ite,’ it means that belongs to
them.”[3] The linguists have unanimously greed on the explanation of the Shi‘a we have
mentioned.
The Beginning of the Shi‘a
The certain thing is that the Shi‘a was formed during the time of the great Prophet, may Allah
bless him and his family. He was the first to put this good seed, to make it grow, and to take care
of it. Imam Kashif al‐Ghita’ said: “The leader of the Islamic Law (the Prophet) was the first to put
the seed of Shi‘ism in the field of Islam. This means that the seed of Shi‘ism was but beside that of
Islam. The one who planted it (the Prophet) took care of watering it until it grew up and flourished
during his life. Then it produced fruit after his death. My proofs of that are his holy hadiths
(traditions). (I will not mention them) through the chain of the authorities of the Shi‘ites and the
Imami narrators lest it should be said: ‘They are invalid because the maintain the return or their
narrator draws the fire to his own loaf of
[1] Sharh al‐Intiqa', vol. 2, p. 42.
[2] Al‐Qamus, vol. 3, p. 47.
[3] Ibn Manzur, Lisan al‐'Arab, vol. 10, p. 55.
bread.’ Rather (I will mention) them from among the traditions of the Sunni scholars and their
great figures and through their trustworthy chain of authorities.” Then he, may Allah have mercy
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