He acted thus because he realized that under the...

He acted thus because he realized that under the circumstances the preservation of Islam depended on his making peace with the caliphs. He was motivated solely by the desire to protect the shari’ah and religion; in fact, in renouncing the office that was rightly his for the sake of God he was acting in accord with the duty prescribed by both reason and religion giving priority to the more important of two contradictory duties.

“In short, the situation prevailing at the time made it impossible for him either to take up the sword in rebellion or to argue for his rights and criticize the state of affairs in the young Muslim community. Nonetheless, ‘Ali and his progeny, peace be upon them, as well as scholars devoted to his cause have always found intelligent and appropriate ways of reminding the Muslim community of the instructions left by the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, at Ghadir Khumm.

As all scholars are aware, they ceaselessly propagated the relevant traditions of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him and his family”(2) NOTES: ______________________________ 1. See the “Khutbah Shaqshaqiyyah” in al-Radi’s Nahj al-Balaghah. 2. Sharaf al-Din, al-Muraja’at, (Persian translation), p. 429. Leave a Comment Leave a Comment Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published.

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