In these circumstances...

In these circumstances, it might not be strange to see many Muslim dignitaries trying to convince Imam Husain (PBUH) to avoid the confrontation with Yazid, although they bore witness to the corruption of the Umayyads, and they realized that it was the Imam’s duty and right to face it…. He was thus approached by Abdallah bin Umar and Abdallah bin Al-Zubair, as well as some of his family members. These are some of the manifestations of the absence of the militant spirit among most Muslim leaders.

As for the common people, this negative spirit spread among them to a terrifying extent. The people of Kufa, for example, broke all their pledges promises and oaths, once they were subjected to the wave of terror led by Ibn Ziyad, as well as cheating them with promises of wealth and power. These factors were among the main reasons that led to the announcement of the revolution.

The Imam wanted to shake the dead consciences because he knew that there was no reason what speeches and talks to galvanize and mobilize the people and solidify their morals. Second: The general level of the nation as a whole was below the required to stand up to the current of sweeping deviation. A tendency to treasure the pleasures of this world began to be visible in all sections of the nation, as a substitute to the spirit of sacrifice for the cause of Allah.

This enabled the opportunistic current to win and hold the positions of ruling and guidance. Third: It was necessary that the nation should learn about the true Islamic conception of the Imamate; it’s true role and its dimensions. The dangerous effects of undermining the Islamic conceptions which was played by the Umayyad rule was never emerging from the grass root level, but rather from the high levels of leadership that monopolized all means of guidance.

Therefore, in accordance with the demands of the Islamic message, and the qualities that have to be available in a Muslim ruler, Imam Husain (PBUH) had to explain these issues to the Muslim masses in every speech he made or any other opportunity he had: “O people you have to be pious believers, and know the right. That is better for you.

We the members of the family of the (Ahl ul-Bayt) (PBUTH) are more entitled to be the rulers than those who claim what is not rightfully theirs; those oppressors and tyrants”.