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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Life of Imam Al-hasan Al-mujtaba Ascribing Ziyad To His (mu’awiya) Father Allah’s Apostle (a.s) has said: “The child belongs to bed; and the prostitute is to be stoned.” Certainly Mu’awiya turned away from the speech of Allah’s Apostle (a.s) without fear and care. He openly opposed his speech and refused his decision to strengthen his domain and establish his authority.

As a result, he added Ziyad bin Abeeh (the illegitimate) to himself (considered him as his brother from his father Abu Sufyan) according to the procedures before Islam. Allah, the Most High, says: “Is it then the judgement of (the times of) ignorance that they desire? And who is better than Allah to judge for a people who are sure?”[^1] Certainly Mu’awiya wanted the time of those who lived before Islam and enlivened their laws.

That was when he added Ziyad bin Abeeh to himself, while Ziyad was the son of a prostitute. For surely Sumayya, Ziyad’s mother was among the women of flags (openly prostitute) in al-Ta’if. She gave tax to al-Harith bin Kildah[^2] from her prostitution. She went to the place where the prostitutes went outside al-Hadar, in a district called Harat al-Baghayaa (the district of the prostitutes).[^3] This was Ziyad’s mother in dirtiness and dissoluteness.

As for Mu’awiya, he did not feel shame in joining this illegitimate to him. The historians have mentioned the reasons of joining Ziyad, saying: “Imam Ali (a.s) had appointed Ziyad (as a governor) over a district of Persia and chose him for himself. When the Imam (a.s) was martyred, Ziyad went on practicing his work.

Mu’awiya was afraid of his side, came to know of the difficulty of his district, and feared his inclination to al-Hasan bin Ali (a.s) so he wrote him this letter: ‘From the Commander of the faithful Mu’awiya bin Abi Sufyan, to Ziyad bin ‘Ubayd. Now then, surely you are a salve; you have been ungrateful for the blessing and you called for the vengeance. Most certainly gratefulness is more [^1] Qur’an, 5, 50.

[^2] Al-Harith bin Kildah bin ‘Umar al-Thaqafi was a famous physician among the Arabs and he was a poet. This has been mentioned (in the book) Mu‘jam al-Shu‘ara’, p. 172. [^3] Al-Mas‘udi, Murujj al-Dhahab, vol. 2, p. 310. appropriate for you than ungratefulness; surely the tree takes root and branches from its origin. You are motherless; rather you have no father. You have perished and destroyed (others).