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26. Tha`bit Ibn 'Abd Allah b. al-Zubayr b. al-'Auwa`m b. Asad b. Khuwaylid b. 'Abd al-'Uzza` al-Qarashi. Shaykh al-Tu`si numbered him as one of the companions of Ima`m al-Sajja`d, peace be on...

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80. Sa'id Ibn al-Ha`rith al-Medani. Shaykh al-Tu`si numbered him as one of the companions of Ima`m Zayn al-'Abidin, peace be on him.5 81. Sa'id Ibn 'Uthma`n Shaykh al-Tu`si numbered...

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131. 'Abd al-Mu'min Ibn al-Qa`sim Shaykh al-Tu`si numbered him as one of the companions of Ima`m Zayn al-'Abidin, peace be on him.6 Al-Naja`shi said: "He narrated on the authority of Abi Ja'far...

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CHAPTER XIII THE KINGS OF HIS TIME The research about the kings with whom the Ima`m, peace be on him, coincided, is, according to modern studies, an important matter, for it reveals the programs...

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The Government of Mu'awiya bin Yazid Mu'awiya bin Yazid held the reins of government in his bloom of youth, but he had abundant piety and reverential fear of Allah. He thought of his life in...

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The Governors wrong their Subjects 'Abd al-Malik appointed the most wicked of Allah's creatures over the Islamic world, and they spread tyranny and oppression. He appointed Hisha`m b. Isma'il...

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CHAPTER XIV THE TIME OF THE IMAM I (the author) think that there was no Islamic period like that when Ima`m Zayn al-'Abidin, peace be on him, lived. This period was full of political, social,...

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The Revolt of the Tawwa`bin The Shi'ites in Ku`fa showed great remorse for their abandoning Ima`m al-Husayn, peace be on him. It was they who wrote to him, and pleaded to him in order to save...

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Insignificant Accusations The enemies and opponents accused this great figure (al-Mukhta`r) of: 1. Revelation. They said that Gabriel came down to him and told him about unseen things. 2....

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The Economic Life As for the economic life in the time of Ima`m Zayn al-'Abidin, peace be on him, it was paralyzed and extremely disordered. Agriculture, which was the backbone of the general...

CHAPTER XV TO THE SHELTER GARDEN Ima`m Zayn al-'Abidin, peace be on him, became old and weak. This is because he exhausted himself by hard worship and obedience to Allah. The historians unanimously...