We have divided the form into items and added each phrase to...

We have divided the form into items and added each phrase to the appropriate item to be nearer to the reality. The form of the Peace Treaty the two parties signed is as follows: Item One: Handing over authority to Mu'awiya provided that he should act according to the Book of Allah, the Sunna (practices) of His Apostle, may Allah bless him and his family, [1] and the Sire (behavior) of the righteous Caliphs. [2] Item Two: Authority should be for al-Hasan after him.

[3] If an accident happened to him, authority should be for his [1] Ibn Abu al-Hadid, Sharh Nahj al-Balagha, vol. 4, p. 6. [2] Ibn 'Aqil, al-Nasa'ih al-Kafiya, p. 156. Al-Majfsi, Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 10, p. 115. [3] Al-Sayuf, Ta'rikh al-Khulafa', p. 194. Ibn Kathir, al-Bidaya wa alNahaya, vol. 8, p. 41. Ahmad Shahab al-Din al-'Asqalani, al-Isaba fi Tamiiz al-Sahaba, vol. 2, pp. 12- 13. Ibn Qutayba al-Dinawari, al-Imama wa al-Siyasa, p. 150. Farid Wajdi, Da'irat al-Ma'arif al-Islamiya, vol. 3, p.

443.brother al-Husayn. [1] Mu'awiya has no right to entrust anybody to it. [2] Item Three: He (Mu'awiya) should abandon cursing the Commander of the faithful and the practice of using the personal prayer (qunut) in the ritual formal prayer (salat) (as prayer) against him, [3] and that he should not mention 'Ali except in a good manner. [4] Item Four: He (Mu'awiya) should excluded what is in the treasury of Kufa, that is five million (dirhams).

So handing over authority does not include it (i.e., this sum of money). Mu'awiya should send al-Husayn one million dirhams a year, he should prefer the banu (children) of Hashim in giving and gifts to the banu 'Abd Shams, and should divide one million (dirhams) among the sons of those who were killed with the Commander of the faithful at the Battle of the Camel and the Battle of Siffin, and should spend that from the taxes of Dar Abjard. [5] [1] Ibn al-Muhanna, 'Umdat al-Talib, p. 52.

[2] Ibn Abu al-Hadid, Sharh Nahj al-Balagha, vol. 4, p. 8. Al-Majlisi, Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 10, p. 115. Ibn al-Sabbagh, al-FusW al Muhimma. [3] Muhsin al-Amin al-'Amili, A'yan al-Shi'a, vol. 4, p. 43. [4] Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani, Maqatil al-Talibiyyin, p. 26. Ibn Abu al Hadid, Sharh Nahj al-Balagha, vol. 4, p. 15. Other than these two authors said: "Indeed, al-Hasan asked Mu'awiya not to curse 'Ali.

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