O House, you are good and your owners are good!

O House, you are good and your owners are good! Welcome to the Household of the Prophet and Islam! [1] Hayat al-Imam al-Husayn b. 'Ali, vol. 2, p. 336. The mercy and peace of Allah be on them whenever one safely rises.[1] These lines describe the general displeasure and deep sadness that resulted from disparaging ; similarly they show the most truthful and purest affection toward them.

The authorities employed education as means to war against , and it was the most dangerous means on which they depended to support their purposes. They entrusted the school teachers with feeding the children on the spirit of hatred and enmity to the family of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and his family, and with going too far in planting this wicked tendency in their souls, that an offspring harboring malice against the family of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and his family, might grow.

That was the most destructive and dangerous means to Islam, for it separated the Muslims from the family of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and his family, to whom affection Allah has made obligatory in the firm text of His Book. The results of this bad policy are still standing until this day of ours. The Umayyads formed committees to fabricate and embellish traditions on the defects of and to fabricate traditions on praising and lauding the companions (of the Prophet) and the Umayyads.

Among the fabricated traditions are: The Prophet, may Allah bless him and his family, said: "Surely the family of Abi Talib are not my friends; my friend is Allah!" Abu Hurayra, the head of these committees, narrated that the Messenger said: "Surely Abu Talib is in a shallow (place) of fire!" It was Abu Hurayra who narrated many traditions on the unbelief of Abi Talib, the believer of Quraysh, protector of Islam, and defender of Allah's Apostle, may Allah bless him and his family, during the most critical and difficult attitudes; the reason for that he wanted to decrease his importance and to degrade his achievements and outstanding qualities.

Any way, the Umayyad authorities took care of the committees of fabrication and spared no effort to spread their fabricated traditions against , peace be on them, that they might mislead the public opinion and turn it away from the family and progeny of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and his family.