[^111] Hilal ibn Yasaf say...

[^111] Hilal ibn Yasaf say, "I was present at the sermon of Imam Hasan ibn Ali when he said, "O people of Kufah, fear God regarding us. We are your leaders and your guests. We are a household concerning whom God has said, Verily, God wills to keep uncleanliness away from you O people of the house and to purify you with a thorough purification.' " [^112] It seems that it was after this sermon that Imam Hasan was wounded in an assassination attempt at Sabat.

Similar was the situation during the time of Imam Husayn ('a); that is, a part of the Shi'is were creedal Shi'is, while others consisted of those who preferred the Alids over other groups and were strongly opposed to those who followed the Utlunanid faction. It may be said that those who embraced martyrdom with Imam Husayn ('a) at Karbala' were Shi'is who considered the Imamate to be the sole right of Imam 'Ali and his sons. The Imam himself, in several instances, summoned the.

people to "restore the right to those who were most worthy of it" and to assist him, as the Umayyads had usurped the right that belonged to him. [^113] In one case, he declared, O people I am the son of the Messenger of Allah and we have a greater right to govern your affairs than those who claim that which is not their right. [^114] In another place, lie declared: I have a greater right (to the caliphate) than anyone else by virtue of my relationship with the Messenger of Allah.

[^115] Besides the Imam himself, his companions expressed such a belief on various occasions. Muslim ibn Ziyad declared, "By God, Muawiyah is not a rightful caliph, but he has prevailed over the Messenger's successor with his cunning and usurped the caliphate." [^116] Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd Allah al Yazani, one of the companions of Imam Husayn at Karbala', declared: I am son of Abd Allah, from the house of Yazan, My creed is the creed of Husayn and Hasan.

[^117] Similarly, Hajjaj ibn Masraq said addressing imam Husayn: Thereafter your magnanimous father, 'Ali, He it is whom we know to be the wasi. [^118] Hilal ibn Nafi Bajali declared in a verse: I am a youth belonging to Ranu Tamim and a Bajali, My creed is the same as that of Husayn and Ali.