For example...

For example, Malik bin Hubairah al-Sakooni, who was shocked at the murder of Hijr bin Uday and his companions, planned to lead a military offense against the Umayyad rule. But Mu'awiyah dissuaded him with 100,000 Dirhams which he sent to him. [^3]He was pleased with this sum and forewent his earlier plans. Others were hushed by money also.

A poet described this phenomenon in these two lines of verse: “When a tongue criticizes you, it is cut with dinars, And when a conscience rocks you, it is shaken with a good official post.” The last item of this unjust, oppressive policy, was the plan to murder Imam Hasan (as) with poison.…