In the Footsteps of Al-Husayn (peace be upon him)
\nDr. Ahmad Rasm Al-Nafis
\n\u201cEvery group is judged by the leader they follow?\u201d He replied: \u201cNo. I dislike that the Arabs should say among themselves that Muhammad fought alongside a people until, when Allah granted him victory through them, he then turned against them and killed them.\u201d Then he said: \u201cO Allah, strike them with the Dab\u012blah.\u201d We said, \u201cO Messenger of Allah, what is the Dab\u012blah?\u201d He said: \u201cA meteor of fire that strikes the heart of one of them and destroys him.\u201d (1)
\nImam Ahmad also narrated the same report. It appears in the interpretation of the Almighty\u2019s saying in verse (74) of Surat al-Tawbah:
\n\u201cThey swear by Allah that they did not say it, but they certainly uttered the word of disbelief and disbelieved after their Islam, and they planned that which they could not attain.\u201d (2)
\nIbn Kathir also narrated in the same place, quoting Sahih Muslim, from \u2018Ammar ibn Yasir, from Hudhayfah, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said:
\n\u201cAmong my companions are twelve hypocrites. They will not enter Paradise nor even smell its fragrance until a camel passes through the eye of a needle\u2026\u201d
\nFor this reason Hudhayfah was called \u201cthe keeper of the secret,\u201d known only to him\u2014that is, the identification of the group of hypocrites. (3)
\nThis grave incident in Islamic history occurred during the expedition of Tabuk in Rajab of the ninth year after Hijrah. It is not mentioned in the books of biography or elsewhere under major headings, but rather under subheadings, despite being firmly established by the text of the Qur\u2019an and occurring among the events of the Tabuk campaign\u2014where hypocrisy raised its head and emerged from its source. It is mentioned in Surat al-Tawbah, also called \u201cal-F\u0101\u1e0di\u1e25ah\u201d (\u201cThe Exposer\u201d), because it exposed and unmasked the hypocrites.
\n(1) Tafsir Ibn Kathir, 2\/453\u2013454, Dar al-Fikr, Beirut, 1414 AH \u2013 1994 CE.
\n(2) Tafsir Ibn Kathir, 2\/454.
\n(3) Ibid.
\nIts seriousness lies in the fact that those who saw in the noble Messenger an obstacle to achieving their ambitions must have set before themselves a great objective, for the sake of which every crime would seem insignificant\u2014even killing the noble Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), or al-Husayn ibn \u2018Ali (peace be upon him), or violating the sanctity of Madinah, or demolishing the Ka\u2018bah, as indeed occurred later.
\nChapter One
\nThe Sons of the Accursed Tree: Pioneers of Sedition in Islam
\n\u201c\u1e62iff\u012bn,\u201d a place located near the bank of the Euphrates between Syria and Iraq, witnessed the Battle of \u1e62iff\u012bn, which took place between the army of Imam \u2018Ali\u2014representing the legitimate leadership of the Muslim nation\u2014and the army of the unjust rebels, led by Mu\u2018awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan (known as \u201cthe son of the liver-eater\u201d) and his chief minister, \u2018Amr ibn al-\u2018As.
\nThe prophecy was on the verge of being fulfilled: those against whom the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) had warned were about to ascend his pulpit. The conflict raged between the authentic Muhammadan Islamic values, embodied by the rightful Imam \u2018Ali ibn Abi Talib (peace be upon him), and the rebellious faction led by the son of the liver-eater and his chief minister, the son of al-Nabighah.
\nWe shall present contrasting examples of the discourse and conduct of each side, then observe the tragic conclusion of this conflict\u2014or rather, the end of the beginning of Islam\u2019s radiant dawn at the hands of this faction. It was precisely what they had attempted on the night of the \u2018Aqabah of Tabuk, though they did not succeed then.
\n1 \u2013 The Discourse of the Pioneers of Sedition Who Rebelled Against the Legitimate Leadership
\nMu\u2018awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan raised the \u0634\u0639\u0627\u0631 of avenging the blood of \u2018Uthman ibn \u2018Affan. But were the son of the liver-eater and his chief minister sincere in their claim? Let us read together from the pages of history.
\nIbn Jarir al-Tabari narrates in his History:
\n\u201cWhen \u2018Uthman was killed, al-Nu\u2018man ibn Bashir came to the people of Syria carrying the shirt of \u2018Uthman, and Mu\u2018awiyah placed the shirt\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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