The Caliph asked Imam (a.

The Caliph asked Imam (a.s.) to take the command and go to the battlefront, but the Imam (a.s.) did not accept.” [2] Therefore the Caliph sent Saad bin Abi Waqqas. [3] It is clear that in both cases the Imam rejected the request, still they falsely claim: “In this way Ali (a.s.) was always by the side of Umar.”! [4] “When Umar asked Ali to take the command of Muslim forces to conquer Iran, Imam did so.”!

[5] Attention and contemplation on this matter related to always ‘Absence of acceptance of co-operation and bearing responsibility’ makes every researcher and investigator think His Eminence has not always denied co-operation with the caliphal regime; thus his non-acceptance of co-operation and responsibility in chosen instances must be for some special reason; such that Amirul Momineen (a.s.) had some standard on the basis of which he either chose to [1] Hasan…