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ehind it drowned and died.” For this reason love for the Imams of Ahl al‐Bayt, peace be on them,
and faith in their Imamate are among the essential affairs with the Shi‘ites and among their true
beliefs. The Shi‘ites regard him who harbors malice against the Imams and denies their
outstanding merits as like him who denies one of the Islamic, well‐known necessities. “Rather he
denies (the Islamic) message though he apparently confesses al‐shehadetayn.”
The Shi‘ites are not excessive in their love for the Imams; rather they restrict themselves to the
obligatory taking from that which narrated on their authority in respect with religious laws, and
social, good manners. We have in detail mentioned that in the introduction of the book.
The Revolt against Oppression
The history of the Shi‘ites is full of bitter struggle and violent revolts against the oppressive,
tyrannical rulers. The Shi‘ites have set off to the fields of the brilliant jihad since the dawn of their
history. They have raised the slogan of the Islamic justice and demanded it to be established on
the arena of life. They have also resisted all kinds of social oppression. So, really, they are the
flowing spring from which the revolts against the tyrannical flow.
The first summons to the inclusive reform started by the Shi‘ite men during those difficult periods
when terrorism and tyranny prevailed, for the authorities imprisoned all those who talked about
reform or summoned the people to it. However the Imams of the Shi‘ites and their great figures
went to the fields of honor and sacrifice. They criticized the deeds of the oppressive and
condemned their behavior. They carried out violent revolutions history has recorded for them
with a pen of honor and light. They have been provided by the essence of revolt and sacrifice by
Imam ‘Ali, the Commander of the faithful, peace be on him, the leader of human justice on earth,
for he was the first Muslim leader revolted against those arrogant, demanded justice and equality.
During the short period of his government, he created true awareness and a revolt in the souls of
his followers against all the oppressive dictators.
Examples of that are: Hijr b. ‘Adi and his righteous companions revolted against Mu‘awiya. Some
righteous people from among this community revolted against oppression, demanding Islamic
justice and the Qur’anic precepts to be put into practice. The first one of their Imams to die a
martyr was Imam al‐Husayn, master of martyrs, peace be on him. He refused the oppression
prevailing at his time and revolted against Yazid b. Mu‘awiya, the dictator. Through his revolt, he,
peace be on him, has changed the course of history and taught the oppressive a wonderful lesson
which is not forgotten until the Day of Resurrection. After him his grandsons and those of his
brother al‐Hasan, peace be on him, carried out continuos revolutions that astonished the
oppressive, divided the unity of the dictators, enlightened the public opinion, and provided it with
the essence of revolt against all the tyrannical and despotic.
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