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They are isolated from the community of monotheism, while the Christians and the Jews are
secure! Al‐Fedl b. Dukayn became a Shi‘ite. His son came to him crying. He asked him: “What
wrong with you?” “Father,” he replied, “the people say that you are a Shi‘ite.”
He composed, saying:
I am still concealing (my being a Shi‘ite) to the extent that (I have become) a non‐Arab in returning
the answer to the askers. That I and you may be safe from the speech of the informers. Can a
living thing be safe from the people?[2] His son cried because of this accusation that brought
about severe punishments by the responsible. All those who were accused of love for Ahl al‐Bayt,
peace be on them, were subjected to ordeal and tribulation. ‘Abd Allah b. ‘Amir, a poet, and
better known as al‐‘Abli, has referred in one of his poems to the exhaustion he met due to his love
for them:
They exiled me when I praised ‘Ali, and they thought that that was a dangerous illness in me.
By my Lord, I will (love them) forever until my heart is full of love for ‘Ali and his
[1] Tarikh Baghdad, vol. 6, p. 127.
[2] Ibid., 12, p. 351.
children. I love them because of my love for the Prophet. The love is for religion, not for the
world. The most wicked of all kinds of love is that which is for the world.
Al‐Teghra’i says:
The love for the family of Musa is manifest and their friendship for the children of his brother is
apparent. Their Imam is from among the progeny of the first Harun. They have become rightly
guided through them; and every people have a guide. Similarly, the Christians honor a kind of
stick.
However, when one loves the family of Ahmed (Muhammed), they kill him or accuse him of
atheism. This is the dangerous illness. The reasons of those in the cities and in the deserts have
gone astray. They have not kept the Prophet Muhammed’s right in respect with his family; and
Allah is watching.
Another poet says:
Surely through their love for their Prophet, the Jews have become safe from the disgrace of their
treacherous time. Through their love for ‘Isa, the possessor of the cross (the Christians), proudly
walk in the villages of Nejran. However, the believers are thrown into the fires in the cities.
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