It has made it incumbent on Muslims to fulfill them and to take care of them.

It has made it incumbent on Muslims to fulfill them and to take care of them. It has made it unlawful to violate them. After this let us return to the truce of the peacemaking which was concluded by Imam al-Hasan and Mu’awiya, that we may see which of the parties observed it. As for the stipulations Imam al-Hasan (a.s) made against Mu’awiya, there was only one stipulation which was that the Imam had not to revolt against him. The Imam fulfilled that.

That was when his loyal followers hurried to him after Mu’awiya had broken the conditions he had given to the Imam. They asked him to revolt against Mu’awiya. However, the Imam (a.s) refused to violate the covenant he had made. After his going out of Kufa to Yathrib, the leaders of his followers came to him. They asked him to fight against Mu’awiya. They guaranteed that they would occupy Kufa and remove Mu’awiya’s governor from it.

However, the Imam (a.s) refused to respond to them and ordered them to incline to patience-as we have previously mentioned. As for Mu’awiya, he violated his covenant and oath and he broke his promises though he had made it incumbent on himself through strong, sure oaths to fulfill what he had given to the Imam from among the stipulations.

He has mentioned at the end of the treaty: “On Mu’awiya bin Abi Sufyan is Allah’s promise and covenant, what Allah took against any of His creature from among the fulfillment, and what Allah gave from among Himself.” However, after a few days Mu’awiya violated the treaty he had concluded. He said before the Muslims: “Truly all the things I had given to al-Hasan bin Ali are under these two feet of mine!

I will not fulfill them!” Al-Husayn bin Numayr said: “Mu’awiya did not fulfill any of the things he had given to al-Hasan. He killed Hijr and his companions. He pledged allegiance to his son, and poisoned al-Hasan.” The Khousrow of the Arabs (Mu’awiya) violated all the conditions the treaty contained. He fulfilled nothing of them. Through that he showed his policy that raised the slogan of treachery, breaking promises, and violating covenants.

The following are the stipulations Mu’awiya violated and did not fulfill: Cursing Imam Ali When man dies, hatred, spites, and all effects should die with him. People have followed that since the dawn of history. However Mu’awiya, son of Hind, turned away from that. After the concluding of the peacemaking, Mu’awiya openly cursed Imam Ali, the Commander of the faithful, and went too far in disparaging him.