Rebellion means refusal to obey
the teachings and orders of the Imam whose obedience is
obligatory and fight him, too. There are many examples on
rebellion against the Imam which have taken place in advent of
Islamic history like Aysha, the Prophet's wife; daughter of Abi
Bakr who refused to obey the rightful rule of Imam Ali bin Abi
Talib and waged a fight against the just caliph of Islam whose
obedience is obligatory, (P.B.U.H.) the legal caliph of Islam at
the so- called Al-Jemal battle.
Muawiya bin Abi Sufyan was another
great figure who rebelled against the real ruler of Islam Ali bin
Abi Talib (P.B.U.H.) and stood up against him in the Battle of
Siffin when the caliphate relegated to him after the killing of
Othman and Muawiya himself rejected paying obedience to Imam
Al-Hasan bin Ali (P.B.U.H.) when the legal caliphate returned to
him after the killing of his father, Ali bin Abi Talib.
(P.B.U.T.) the legal caliph of the whole of the
Muslims.
If one desires to ask or perhaps
there are so many people who want to ask: And what then would
follow if we ask about the firm stand of Imam Hussain bin Ali
against the rule of Yazid bin Muawiya after the death of his
father, Muawiya? Wouldn't that look denial and sheer
disobedience?
The answer to this question is
that Yazid bin Muawiya was not originally a legal caliph because
he came by a will of his father who in turn was not a legal
caliph as well because he himself was a rebel – a person who
refused to obey to the legal caliph Imam Ali bin Abi Talib in
Siffin battle who was the legal caliph, as appointed legally by
the Prophet himself. (P.B.U.T.)
Besides, Yazid was not just at all
in his rule of the Islamic nation because he was a notorious
debaucher, gambler, deceptive, not caring about what is going on
around him; overwhelmed in luxury, much far away from religion
and publicly scandalized as an addicted drunkard debaucher – this
matter indeed made Imam Hussain (P.B.U.H.) rise against him
demanding reform of the nation of his grandfather, the Messenger
of Allah which has tasted the worst during the reign of the
Umayyad and to establish the imposition of calling people to
enjoin good and forbid evil.
Having based on that criteria the
great event of Karbala on 61 H. between the army of Yazid bin
Muawiya which is composed of tremendous number in contrast with
Imam Hussein's army which is composed of no more than seventy
warriors, most of were members of his household which has
culminated in the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (P.B.U.H.) together
with all of his companions.
During his short-lived reign Yazid
ordered his army to launch an offensive over the Messenger of
Allah's City in the 6th year of H., and killed a great number of
companions and gave permission to the soldiers to do whatever
they liked there of vices and debaucheries and rocked the Sacred
House of Allah by a catapult and killed those who were inside in
64 H.
Despite all these crimes, there
can be up to now people who sympathize with Yazid and describe
him as the legal caliph of the Messenger of Allah and says that
his caliphate has been legal.
Injustice
Injustice means transgressing
against others' rights, private affairs and showing unfair
treatment to annoy them but oppression is more tense and vigorous
than injustice and in a way it can go synonymous with it, in
accordance with what Allah in His holy Book says: " These are the
limits ordained by Allah, so do not transgress them. And whoever
transgress the limits ordained by Allah, then such are the
wrongdoers." (Al-Baqarah : 229)
He also said: "This Day shall
every person be recompensed for what he earned. Today no
injustice (shall be done to anybody) Truly, Allah is Swift in
reckoning.) (Ghafir: 17).
In Al-Qudsi hadith came from
Allah's Messenger by his tongue (P.B.U.H.) that he said: "Beware
of imposing injustice for in injustice there one can meet the
dark of the Doomsday." In A-Hadith Al-Qudsi on the tongue of
Allah's Messenger came the following: " O my slaves! I forbade
Myself from injustice and made it among you forbidden too, so do
not do injustice."
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