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Page 50 of 104Kosar ghadirestan Center Nabi (S) www.ghadirestan.comIMAM ALI (S) Sunshine of Civilized Islamme. I will make repentance again.” They said: “Do not talk about repentance. Yourrepentance had already been considered as nothing since that day when Marwan talkedon behalf of you at your door. Now we are not going to be cheated by these bluffs. Youhave to leave the caliphate and if your men stand in our way we will keep them away andif they prepare for a war we will fight too. If you regard all the Muslims equally and if youare going to administer justice, then hand Marwan over to us to ask him by whose powerand support he wanted to bring about the killing of many Muslims by writing this letter.”But Uthman refused to submit Marwan to them. The three-day deadline was finished butevery thing was as it had been before. When the people saw the result of the repentance,they surged and spread over the streets of Medina and finally surrounded Uthman'shouse from every side. During these days one of the Prophet’s companions went toUthman’s house and shouted: “O Uthman, give up this caliphate and for the sake of Allahsave the Muslims from any bloodshed.” Suddenly one of Uthman's men aimed at him withan arrow and killed him. This action goaded the people into fury. They shouted: “The killermust be handed over to us.” Uthman said: “It is not possible to hand over anyone, whosupports me.” Then the people, furiously, set fire to Uthman’s house and tried to enterinto the house but Uthman's men confronted the people and kept them away from thedoor. At last the people entered into the house of Uthman from adjacent houses drawingtheir swords. Those who were guarding the house ran away and those who weredefending Uthman were killed with him. Let it not remain unsaid that Mu’awiyah, the waliof Syria, was previously ordered by Uthman to help him during the days of the siege buthe rejected his order pretending that he would not interfere in the affairs of the Prophet’scompanions. He did not pay attention to Uthman’s order because he himself, heart andsoul, intended to take the reins of the caliphate. I had to explain the events of Uthman'send in details because, later on, Talhah, Al-Zubayr, (the two members of the consultativecommittee, which was formed by Umar to select Uthman for the caliphate) andMu’awiyah in particular accused Imam Ali of Uthman’s bloodshed. Consequently theyraised many disturbances and created civil wars that their bad results have still remainedamong the Muslims until today. If Uthman had heeded the advices of Imam Ali (s) or atleast he had handed Marwan over to the people, he would never have been killed. But it.was the fate otherwiseThe caliphate of Imam Ali
Page 51 of 104Kosar ghadirestan Center Nabi (S) www.ghadirestan.comIMAM ALI (S) Sunshine of Civilized IslamNow the Muslims laid their heads together to select a competent person who could runthe caliphate in the right path and could restore their lost rights. They thought of Imam Ali(s), whose conduct was very reasonable during this long period since the Prophet's death.In the end they came to a conclusion that nobody else was well qualified for that taskexcept Ali ibn Abu-Talib. They rushed towards his house to pay homage to him as he hadsaid in one of his speeches: “They leapt upon me as camels leaping upon each other goingto drink water ... in a way that I thought they would kill me or would kill another onebefore me.” Imam Ali said to them: “Leave me alone and look for another one. It isimportant for you to know that the Qur’an and the Prophet's Sunnah will guide my actionsand I will never turn back from the right path in order to satisfy the interests of somecertain groups or to assure someone’s worldly wishes. Therefore, you can not toleratemy evenhanded policies and judgments. I will be as counselor for you better than to be achief. Do not urge me to be the caliph.” The people began to cry and shout loudly. Theysaid: “O Ameer-al-Mu’mineen (the master of believers) do you not see what complicatedproblems the Muslims are facing? Do you not see that Islam is going to collapse?” ButImam Ali refused to accept the offer because he knew that people would like to play withdivine caliphate as a means to gain their worldly desires and that it was impossible torestore the present circumstances as they were at the Prophet's time. When the peopleinsisted on him importunately, Imam Ali (s) delivered a speech to clear away all theexcuses they might cling to. He said: “If you want me for your worldly desires, leave mealone and choose another one who may realize your wishes. I will not give up theprinciples of Islam (equity, reverence for the law, human rights and the like) to secureneither my authority nor the interests of the others. With regard to the subject of therights and privileges enjoyed by every one, I do not care for the influential peoplebecause all the peoples are equal before God. If you have decided to pay homage to me,think it over and over because after the homage if you protest against me or putobstructions in my way, I will force you to come back to the right path. Bear in mind theseconditions, and then you can reach your heart's desires.” Of course the previous rulingclass and the rich, especially Talhah and Al-Zubayr, would not be content with thecaliphate of Imam Ali (s) but the glory and the greatness of the revolution made themkeep silent. Since they (Talhah and Al-Zubayr) were appointed as members of the councilestablished by Umar to select the caliph after his death, they considered themselves asImam Ali's equivalents, but they had to pay homage to him unwillingly. Next day Imam Ali
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