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CHAPTER IV DETERMINATION TO WAGE WAR     The studies throughout the various historical periods have maintained that the victory of religion in a certain society is of great...

experienced than you in authority, and older than you in age.     Do you find, in the world of proofs, a proof more eloquent than this one in declaring feebleness in proving the matter?    ...

CHAPTER V JIHAD AND LEADERSHIP     The caller of Kufa called: "The prayer is a general one (which all should attained) (al-salat jami'a)." The people gathered. Al-Hasan,...

CHAPTER VI THE NUMBER OF THE ARMY     The number of the army, that was in Kufa in the middle years of the first century, A.H was forty thousand fighters. Every year ten...

CHAPTER VII THE MEMBERS OF THE ARMY     In his book al-Irshad p. 169, al-Mufid said: Al-Hasan sent Hijr b. Adi to order the leaders (Ummal) to set out and to call the...

CHAPTER VIII 'Ubayd ALLAH IBN 'ABBAS     'Ubayd Allah was full of eagerness for the war. He was indignant with Mu'awiya, for the latter was the reason for the killing...

CHAPTER IX THE BEGINNING OF THE END     "Qays b. Sa'd's letter arrived, for the first time, to Al-Hasan, peace be on Him, informing Him that they had stopped Mu'awiya...

    So Mu'awiya reinforced his weak front with this stupid group of ( 132 ) the people. That was when he fought against Ali, peace be on Him.     In this manner...

CHAPTER X ATTITUDE TOWARDS CONFUSION     Al-Hasan devoted Himself of thinking, He remained calm in the confusion of the misfortunes that threatened his attitude. He was...

CHAPTER XIBETWEEN THE DOCTRINE AND SUPREME AUTHORITY     The best way to understand the subject in this chapter is to meniton some clear explanaitons about the two meanings...

CHAPTER XII SACRIFICE     Al-Hasan broke the record when he yielded to this nobility. For no one of great figures have done that. Al-Hasan was able to yield to that noble...

CHAPTER XIII SECRET OF THE ATTITUDE     Up till now, we have brought nothing to quench thirst or to serve as a proof for understanding the reason why Al-Hasan, peace be...