That treaty was a bitter and unbearable one that the...

That treaty was a bitter and unbearable one that the religious law considered it obligatory and intellect knew that it was necessary and the social conditions which were full of political problems were demanding it because if he had initiated a war his troops would have indeed been defeated and the community as a result of this would have been involved in untold calamities and there would have been no limit to it.

[1] Yaqubi, Tarikh , 2/214 [2] Hayatul Islam 1/123 We have discussed in detail the circumstances of treaty, its terms, causes and the useless talks of the critics in our book, Life of Imam Hasan (‘a). Reaction of Imam Husain (‘a) What is…