In the Realm of the Husseini Epic by Abdul Sattar Al-Jabri 11
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**The Effects of the Revolution of Imam al‑Husayn (peace be upon him)**
The revolution of Imam al‑Husayn (peace be upon him) was a great revolution, for the one who carried it out was the infallible Imam, and the infallible Imam is great. Only something great can fully comprehend what is great. Yet what cannot be entirely comprehended should not be entirely abandoned. Therefore, whatever our limited intellects and modest capacities are able to perceive of the effects of that great uprising, we attempt to record in these lines, asking God Almighty for success and right guidance.
**First: Correcting Social Deviation**
Social deviation during the time of Imam al‑Husayn (peace be upon him) had reached its peak, to the extent that people no longer cared about the affairs of religion or the values of Islam. They accepted the domination of Yazid ibn Mu‘awiyah over them without resistance, and they did not object to Mu‘awiyah’s arrangement for this succession. The objection that did arise from some leaders of Quraysh was essentially political, because those leaders believed that they themselves had a right to rule based on the principle established by the Saqifah, which involved the rotation of power among the clans of Quraysh. Their objection was therefore not out of concern for religion nor out of opposition to corruption.
Mu‘awiyah established the system of hereditary rule, which later became a customary practice in political authority.
Among the effects of the revolution of Imam al‑Husayn (peace be upon him) was the breaking of social submission and passivity. This produced rapid consequences, the first of which was the uprising of Medina against Yazid, followed by the revolt of Ibn al‑Zubayr and the revolt of al‑Mukhtar. As a result, three political forces appeared on the political stage, each possessing a social base that supported it and was willing to sacrifice for it.
The Shi‘a rallied around al‑Mukhtar and declared revolt against both Ibn al‑Zubayr and the Umayyads, with their center in Kufa. The supporters of the family of al‑Zubayr were centered in the Hijaz and had allies among Arab tribes stretching from the Hijaz to Iraq, Syria, and Egypt. The Zubayrids nearly succeeded in controlling the Islamic world had it not been for al‑Mukhtar’s break with them, the expansion of his authority to Mosul and the outskirts of Basra, and the defeat suffered by the supporters of Ibn al‑Zubayr against the Umayyad forces in Jordan. The Umayyads themselves were centered in Syria.
The struggle between these three centers lasted for two years, after which authority was consolidated under ‘Abd al‑Malik ibn Marwan.
All of this was an objective outcome of the revolution of the Master of Martyrs (peace be upon him). Through it, people were freed from the doctrine of absolute obedience to the ruler, no matter how unjust he might be. The ruler became subject to accountability, and societies began to think about liberating themselves from the yoke of tyranny and oppression.
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