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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Saqifa Yielding At Saqifa 1) REASONS FOR THE MEETING AT SAQIFA When help was hidden in rarity, they had lavished it and had made available the aid. For Islam they had made cheap their every dear lives and belongings. They had embraced Islam and with it the starvation of Muslims.

They were really the ANSAAR (the helpers) --'Lap of Islam and limbs of the Nation' as the Prophet had termed and his daughter, Zahra, had referred to them in her speech of immortal renown. A distinction such as this which was only theirs and to them alone, hailed upon them with pride and pride pushed them to greed as soon as they saw the guardianship of Muslims vacant before them. Now the time, in their calculations, had come to take the reward of what they had sacrificed in the way of Islam.

The help and the hospitality they had extended in the past had set them at priority among the Arabs as it had set them at deservation for becoming the rulers. On the other side of the coin their position was: They had shed blood of Quraish and other Arabs. Their help to Islam in the past could not fool the minds at present. They were the low stratums in society, walking behind donkeys and the donkeys the only source of their livelihood as they carried water to the houses.

Such the Quraish looked down to them from their highest station. Such an oppressed class should be stopped from rising to prosperity and through prosperity to pomp. Besides, they had killed the heroes of Quraish, captivated their men and illaqueated the others till they fell at their swords. Therefore, as they were proud of their past so they were afraid of that very past. If the Quraish took the government, the ANSAAR would be called on to square the account.

No defense would be given to them nor a power is left to them. The Prophet's words, once uttered, now rang into their ears its echo: "you will confront havoc after my death. You should be patient till you meet me on the Day of judgment." This further distressed them. Their fears, their distress, their confusion, in short the whole face of the coin, is quite evident in their meeting at Saqifa as one of them, Al-Hubab Bin Al- Mundhir, addressed them saying: "...

But we fear what would reach us as a result of your having had killed their sons, their fathers and their brothers..." His presumption came true. When Bani Ommyiads came to power the revenge did take place in the conflict of AL-HARRA.