This was the only way to transform the life of the nation...

This was the only way to transform the life of the nation and to install the standard of truth on the earth. I believe that the most important thing for the readers is to learn about the causes of Imam’s revolution and the program of his mission. And this is what we shall discuss in detail in the coming pages. Causes of the Revolution Some religious responsibilities and social duties etc. had surrounded the Imam (‘a) and persuaded him for the revolution.

They prepared him for sacrifice and staking his life. Some of these responsibilities were as follows: Religious responsibility Islam has fixed the responsibility of all the disasters and calamities that befall the people of Islamic lands and all those things that are not beneficial for them upon all Muslims. No one is absolved of this answerability and Islam has not accepted such a thing. Muslims cannot be aloof and careless about whatever happens in the Islamic world.

While the Holy Prophet (s) has announced this responsibility and said: “Each of you is responsible and each of you is caretaker of all who are under you.” Thus Muslims are responsible to God, that they must have concern for the society, defend the advantages of the country and remain aware of their community.

It was due to this great responsibility that the Imams confronted the atrocities of the Umayyads and destroyed their plans of enslaving the community, humiliating the people and usurping their property. His Eminence has spoken in his address to Hurr and his companions about that which was made incumbent on him by Islam and on the basis of which he performed jihad against the tyrant regime of Yazid. His Eminence said: “O people!

The Messenger of Allah (s) has said: ‘One who sees a tyrant ruler considering the unlawful things lawful, ignoring the command of God, opposing the practice of the Messenger of Allah (s) and deals with people in a sinful and oppressive way, but by word or action he does not object to it, the Almighty Allah has the right to convey him to his place.’” Religious duty made it incumbent on the Imam to rise up against the Umayyad regime.

A regime which considered the unlawful things lawful, trampled His laws, and opposed the practice of the Messenger of Allah (s) and a group of Muslim scholars have stated clearly that it was obligatory for the Imam to start a Jihad in defense of Islam.