As for Imam Ali (a.

As for Imam Ali (a.s), he established justice and equality, spread all humanitarian ideals during the period of his government. The history of mankind has never known a ruler like him in his justice and righteousness, and that he was not deceived by the appearances of power and authority. While the Imam was mending his sandals with his own hands, Abdullah bin Abbas came in to him. The Imam asked him: -O son of Abbas, how much do you value them? -They have no value.

-By Allah, they are more lovable to me than these affairs of yours but for the fact that I must establish what is true and ward off what is false. This is the Imam’s viewpoint of government. In his viewpoint the government was a mere means for establishing what was true and warding off what was false. If he wanted government, Uthman would not have won it. We have mentioned that when we talked about the Consultative Committee.

Then how is it correct that the Imam is compared to the infidel colonialist states, while he was as the Prophet’s self, his guardian, and the Gate of the city of his knowledge? The Two Parties meet The Imam’s regiments moved from Thi Qaar. They hurried and arrived in al-Zawiya.[^2] The Imam stopped there and offered four rak’as. Having finished his prayer, he covered his own cheek with dust while he was weeping.

Then he raised his hands to supplicate Allah, saying: “O Allah, Lord of the heavens and what they shade, of the earth and what it carries, and Lord of the Great [^1] Al-Kulafa’ al-Rashidun, p. 414. Al-Sayyid Sa‘eed al-Afghani has in detail refuted him in his book ‘Aa’isha wa al-Siyasa, p. 96. [^2] Al-Zawiya is a place near Basrah. The famous battle between al-Hajjaj and Abdurrahman bin Muhammad bin al-Ash‘ath took place at it. (This has been mentioned in the book) Mu‘jam al-Buldan, vol. 4, p. 37.

Throne! This is Basra. I ask you (to grant me) some of its good. I seek refuge with You from its evil! O Allah, settle us in the best abode! O Allah, most surely, these people have disobeyed me, aggressed against me, and broken the pledge of allegiance to me! O Allah, spare the Muslims’ blood!”[^1] When the Imam (and his troops) settled down, he immediately sent Ubaydillah bin Abbas, and Zayd bin Souhan to A’isha to summon her to spare the blood and unify the Muslims.

He said to them: “Say to her: ‘Allah has commanded you to stay in your house and not to go out. Surely you know that, but a group of people has deluded you.