Then, during those conditions, how could a person declare...

Then, during those conditions, how could a person declare his enmity for the Omayyads or plan to overthrow their dynasty? Yes, men thought that there was no person able to take the crowns from them and deprive them of their authority but the Hashimites, because they were the masters of that throne, whether Caliphate was with the text or blood relationship or the outstanding merit. Thus, men began secretly asking and urging them to rise.

There were many great figures among the Hashimites, who were proper for leadership and good at management and policy. Did the master of caliphate and son of lmamate, Abfl ‘Abd Allah Ja’far b. Mohammed al-Sadiq, peace be on them, lead them to revolt, or Abd Allah b. Hasan, the best and Shaykh of bani (sons) of al- Hasan, or his brother, who refused oppression, or Ibrahim b. Mohammed, the Abbasid, or his two brothers al-Saffah and al- MansUr, the masters of zeal and determination, or Abd Allah b.

Mu’ âwiya, whose noble qualities made him worthy of that position, or the like? If any of them had nominated himself for leadership, he would have adorned it with his noble traits. But, if aI- Sâdiq, peace be on him, had nominated himself for leadership, then no one would have matched him for that, because of his outstanding merit and his many followers, but he opposed and did not answer those who urged him to rise. As the Imam disappointed them, they tried to find another figure.

Sometimes they appointed Mohammed b. ‘Abd Allah b. al- Hasan, sometimes Abfl Muslim propagated for the Abbâsids in Khurasân, sometimes Abfl Salama al- Khallfll propagated for al- Rida, from the family of Mohammed, may Allah bless him and his family, in Kufa, and sometimes b. Ja’far revolted in Kufa but did not accomplish his aim, then he appeared in Persia but did not achieve his aim, too.

So, he escaped and went to Abfl Muslim in Khurasân, but he was like the person who seeks protection with swelter from fire, because his death was from him. Not long passed after those disorderly conditions, the AbbasTds were able to control authority.

It was the fate that decided the matter and put it in the hands of al-Saffah and al- Mansür, who were moving in the district telling people about the outstanding merits of Abfl al- Hasan (Imam ‘Ali) to incline their hearts, who appointed the son of al- Hasan on the day of their meeting in al-Abwa’ without hesitation to obtain the rule, who were under the standard of b.