ভূমিকা

The Reasons behind the Burgeoning of Shi'ism during the Abbasid Caliphate - Al-Shia The Scientific and Cultural Website of Shia belief The Reasons behind the Burgeoning of Shi’ism during the Abbasid Caliphate 2021-06-24 1073 Views Abbasid Caliphate Shi‘ism experienced ever-increasing expansion during the period of the ‘Abbasid caliphate.

This fact had some reasons and factors, some of which are the following: Contents The Hashimis and Alawis during the Period of the Umayyad Caliphate The End of the Umayyad Caliphate and the Succession to Power of the Abbasid The Migration of the Alawis The reasons behind the Emigration of the Sadat 1. The Defeat of the Alawi Uprisings 2. Pressure Exerted by Governments Agents 3.

Existence of Favorable Circumstances Summary The Hashimis and Alawis during the Period of the Umayyad Caliphate During the Umayyad period, the Hashimis—including both the ‘Abbasids and the ‘Alawis—were united, and from the time of Hashim when the ‘Abbasid campaigns started and the coordination of the uprising of Zayd and his son, Yahya, they commenced their tasks based on Shi‘ism.

As Abu’l-Faraj al-Isfahani says: When Walid ibn Yazid, the Umayyad Caliph, was killed, and there was disagreement among the Marwanis, the Hashimite propagators and campaigners went to the districts (rural areas) and the first thing they expressed was the superiority of ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib and his progeny as well as their being oppressed. The ‘Abbasid caliph Mansur was one of the first narrators of the hadith on Ghadir.

(1) As such, when some of the ‘Abbasid forces saw that ‘Abbasid policy turned against the ‘Alawis, they did not accept it and opposed the ‘Abbasids. For example, Abu Salmah Khalal, who was a leading campaigner of the ‘Abbasids in Iraq, (2) was killed by the ‘Abbasids on account of his inclination toward the ‘Alawis.

Although this person was not a Shi‘ah ideologically, his inclination toward the progeny of the Prophet (S) cannot be denied especially since he belonged to the tribe of Hamdan and was a resident of Kufah (3). Among the Qahtani tribes, the tribe of Hamdan was preeminent in terms of inclination toward Shi‘ism. As such, Sayyid Muhsin Amin has considered him (Abu Salmah) one of the Shi‘ah viziers (4).