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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Life of Imam Al-hasan Al-mujtaba The Policy of Ahl Al-bayt We are trying to explain the reasons for the peacemaking. So we have to deal with some sides of the policy of (the Prophet’s Household), peace be on them, to know the extent of the originality of their constructive policy and to understand the high objective they wanted to achieve through their government.

That is because explaining these sides, as we think, gives us lights about Imam al-Hasan’s peacemaking with the tyrannical one of his time (Mu’awiya) and shows us the reasons that made the rebellious forces unite to fight against him as they had done to his father before. We will mention that to readers. [^1] Al-Jahiz, al-Bayan wa al-Tabiyin, vol. 3, p. 359. The Constructive Policy Surely the policy that prevails all over the country, in the viewpoint of , should be constructive.

It should guarantee the interests of society, find some sound means necessary for its progress, and reach its objectives and hopes. It should protect people from oppression and aggression, establish just equality in their areas, and find equal opportunities to their children to protect them from misery and deprivation. Surely the policy of was based on pure justice and truth. It represented the Islamic viewpoint and objectives in the world of policy and government.

That is because it is the most developed policy the people have ever known and the most meritorious (of all policies) in achieving political and social justice among people. That is because their policy seeks tranquility free from upset, security free from fear, and justice void of oppression.

It, in all its aspects, differs from the Umayyad tyrannical policy, which raised the slogan of oppression and tyranny, used as means tricks and deception to bargain for the interests of the peoples, to strip them of their abilities and to overcome them. Surely the original policy of is that which does not depend on cunning, equivocation, deception, propaganda, misguidance, and the like from among the ways that have no side of reality.

Besides it should be frank and clear in all its objectives and principle features that it may establish justice in the countries. Because of their firm and strict policy in respect of the truth and justice, the opportunists and the devious revolted against them and demanded them to follow a way that did not oppose their interests and ambitions.