Yet what “choice” can one have when he sees his house door...

Yet what “choice” can one have when he sees his house door set to fire so that he would be forced to swear fealty?[^9] 4. Abul-Salah al-Halabi (d. 474 A.H.) The great faqih and gifted orator, Shaikh Abul-Salah al-Halabi, may Allah have mercy on him, has said the following: They harmed Ali (as) because he did not go along with what they wanted him to do, and they were rough when they spoke to him and went too far in their threats to him.

They brought firewood to burn his house and assault it with men without his permission. They brought him tied-up, thus forcing his wife, daughters, women and kinsfolk from Banu Hashim and others to…