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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The World Finally Speaks At Karbala Tribunals The Sixth Court Session First Tragic Scene: “Attempts of the Defense” Chief Justice: Court in order. The defense team, are you ready to rebut the evidences which the prosecution presented in the previous session? Defense: Yes, your Honor. Chief Justice: Then please proceed. Defense: Your Honor, respected judges and jurors, we do not belie these letters and historical documents which the prosecutor presented.

But at the same time we do not confirm its truthfulness. At the end, they are just narrations that are passed on from one historian to another. So the presence of these same narrations in different books does not mean that they are true.

Since these books were written in different times and ages, and their writers have copied these narrations from one to another without verifying its truthfulness and authenticity, therefore, I request the judges and jurors to keep that in consideration and not to take these documents as 100% correct.

Even the writers of these books cannot assert the truthfulness and the validity of these letters, messages, or statements such that they be used as evidence to support the charges without reasonable doubts. By presenting these documents as evidence, the prosecutor is ignoring the reality of the situation and the circumstances during these events.

He disregards the stress and pressure placed on many of those who carry the responsibility and this is apparent in some of their messages and statements. Factors like nervous reaction, fear, anger, and instigation may play a big role in writing these letters, assuming that they are true. Therefore, we cannot rely on them very much and we should view them in light of these circumstances and effects.

This is very clear in the matter of mutilation of the dead bodies for it was a result of nervous reaction from the Second defendant. It was a personal act initiated by him, and not an order from the caliph Yazid ibn Muawiya, but it surely doesn’t reflect or represent the religion of Islam. As the Prosecutor mentioned, Islam does not approve mutilation of dead bodies and this act goes against the teachings and principles of the religion and the tradition of the Holy Prophet (S).

If these narrations are true, then it was a big mistake, but we do not know whether this matter really happened or it was from the exaggeration and fabrication of the writers.