Ja’far and among of his soldiers when he appeared in Persia.
Ja’far and among of his soldiers when he appeared in Persia. Now, they (the Abbasids) took the reins of government and dismissed the Omayyads from their thrones. No one thought thataAbfl Muslim, their propagandist, killed b. Ja’far, the leader of the revolt, while they were nothing but his soldiers. No one thought that al- Mansür with his sword killed b. al- Hasan and his brother Ibrahim whom people appointed caliphs and decided to defend till death.
The fates helped, no one overcomes fate, the Abbasid to sit in the throne and the Omayyads to be bygone. So, no regret for the bygone, and no happiness for the coming dynasty. A corrupt dynasty had gone away, and an oppressive dynasty followed it. Al- SaffTh became Caliph, So the world laughed with him after frowning and came to him after turning away, but is the person, even if he possesses all the world, safe from the misfortunes of worry? Bin Abbass became between two worries.
The first worry was to purify the nation from the OmayyadS, and the second was the worry of competition with Imam ‘Ali’s Sons for the throne. The throne whose legs and bases were not stable. So, his throne quickly swung as the revolts began here and there. After he had gotten rid of his first worry, his second worry began.
Of course, he was not safe from the Alawids because a part of this nation and many of their soldiers with whom they overthrew the thrones of bani (sons) Marwan regarded the obedience of Abü Abd Allah al- Sâdiq, peace be on him, as a must, and they killed Abu Salama al- Khallal because they felt that he wanted to appoint bani (sons) ‘Ali as caliph. Then al- Saffah was appointed caliph when he overcame him, namely he took the caliphate quickly.
Also, he was not safe from the Alawids because people acknowledged Mohammed b. al- Hasan leader on the day of al- Abwa’, al- Saft’ah and al-Mansflr shook hands with him, and he was worthy of the throne which they sat in. Meanwhile, those hopes were still sounding in his mind, then why did he disappear when al- Saftah came to power? Didn’t the lion kneel down to get ready to jump?
Bin ‘Abbas tried to get rid of that worry, so he sent some men to bring al- Sâdiq to al- HTra to watch him attentively, though he did nothing against their authority. When al- Sadiq arrived at al- HTra, b. ‘Abbas kept an eye on him, but when he found nothing to be afraid of, he released him. So, al-Sâdiq came BACK to Medina while suspicions troubled him.