(2) They pretended that they would get back the rights to...

(2) They pretended that they would get back the rights to their actual possessors. It was just a pretense, which they made as the cornerstone of their new state. It was a short time when the swords were put aside from the necks of the Alawites and the muzzles were removed from the mouths of people but everything would be changed as soon as the bases of the state became firm and strong.

This was an active reason that made the voice of Ja'far bin Muhammad as-Sadiq announce the truth loudly and spread much of his lights among people. Although the time was short for him, he could spread the pure principles of the Hashemites. Abu Talib, the assistant of the Prophet (s), had his enough share of Imam Sadiq's active traditions. Once someone asked Imam Sadiq: "People pretend that Abu Talib is in Hell!" Imam Sadiq said: "They tell but lies!

Gabriel had never revealed such a thing." Then he added: "The example of Abu Talib was like the example of the Fellows of the Cave; they concealed their faith and announced polytheism and so Allah rewarded them doubly. Abu Talib also concealed his faith and announce polytheism so Allah rewarded him doubly ... He didn't leave this worldly life until he was ____________ 1 He was the son of Imam Baqir. 2 The progeny of Ali bin Abu Talib. told that he would be in Paradise ...

How do they describe him so? Gabriel had come down in the night when Abu Talib died and said: "O Muhammad! Go out of Mecca! You have no supporter in it after Abu Talib." (1) Imam Sadiq said that Allah would reward Abu Talib twice that he could keep his faith secret when he found that it was better; therefore he would be rewarded for his faith and he would be rewarded for keeping his faith secret. Not everyone could conceal what one believed in even if it was in the interest of the mission.

Imam Sadiq compared Abu Talib with the Fellows of the Cave mentioned in the Quran and he said that Allah had brought him good news (via the revelation to the Prophet (s)) that he would be in Paradise. This was not an unbelievable thing after the historians had mentioned that the Prophet (s) had told somme people that they would be in Paradise. There might be some ones among them, who wouldn't be equal to Abu Talib in his defending and supporting Islam!