Following in the Footsteps of Al-Husayn (peace be upon him) \u2013 Dr. Ahmad Rassem Al-Nafis
\n4 \u2013 Arbitration: The Deception of Those Who Made the Qur\u2019an Two Pieces and Satan\u2019s Influence
\n\u201cThe ones who made the Qur\u2019an into two pieces\u201d \u2013 Allah Almighty said: (\u201cAs We revealed to those who divided the Qur\u2019an\u201d [Al-Hijr 90\u201391]).
\nThe sedition reached its peak, and defeat was about to befall the Umayyad army of apostates. The mind of the prime minister devised a plot to undermine the Muslim community, divide its ranks, and weaken it. Through this, he could achieve from within the Muslim ranks what he had failed to accomplish over nearly twenty years of armed confrontation with the Noble Prophet, peace be upon him, before his claim to Islam. Let us return to the history of Al-Tabari:
\n(\u201cWhen \u2018Amr ibn al-\u2018As saw that the people of Iraq had strengthened and feared annihilation, he said to Mu\u2019awiya: \u2018Do you want me to propose something that will only bring us together and divide them?\u2019 He said: \u2018Yes.\u2019 He said: \u2018Let us raise the Qur\u2019ans and then say that what is in them is the ruling between us and you. If some of them refuse, there will be among them those who say: \u201cYes, we should accept,\u201d and there will be division among them. If they agree, then we postpone this fighting and war for a time.\u2019 They raised the Qur\u2019ans on spears and said: \u2018This is the Book of Allah Almighty between us and you. Who will attack the people of Sham after the people of Sham? Who will attack the people of Iraq after the people of Iraq?\u2019 When the people saw the Qur\u2019ans raised, they said: \u2018We submit to the Book of Allah Almighty and entrust ourselves to it.\u2019\u201d) (1).
\n(1) Tarikh al-Umam wal-Muluk, Al-Tabari, 4\/34.
\nHere, we must pause to consider the issue of arbitration, even though it is not a primary topic of this study. We present it within the context of examining the Umayyads\u2019 perception of Islam, their actual stance toward the Book of Allah Almighty and its rulings, and consequently, the nature of the state that emerged from this worldview. We then discuss the position of the Imams of Truth from the family of Muhammad (peace be upon them) toward this state, through the uprising of the martyred Imam Al-Husayn (peace be upon him).
\nAmr ibn al-\u2018As revealed the true purpose behind those who called for arbitration. He said that proposing arbitration based on the Book of Allah Almighty was intended to divide the Muslim ranks, the legitimate entity of the nation gathered behind the Imam of the Ummah, Ali ibn Abi Talib (peace be upon him), and to consolidate the rebellious faction or the \u201cParty of Satan.\u201d What follows truth but misguidance?
\nConsider the stance of Abu Jahl or Abu Sufyan\u2014the leaders of disbelief and misguidance\u2014toward the unity of the Muslim ranks and the legitimate leadership of the Imams. Did any of them dream of achieving what Mu\u2019awiya and \u2018Amr accomplished? But this time, they fought Islam with the very weapon that Islam had used to defeat the forces of polytheism in the first confrontation\u2014but now the Qur\u2019an had been made \u201ctwo pieces\u201d by the sons of Abu Sufyan and \u2018Amr, meaning it was torn and undermined. We then see and hear later on.
\nThose who claim that the Umayyad state represented a continuation of the legitimacy brought by the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), or say that Al-Husayn (peace be upon him) was killed by the sword of his grandfather, the Prophet (peace be upon him), must ask: Was the Prophet on falsehood?
\nDid the Prophet come with a Qur\u2019an to exploit it and sit atop the bodies of Muslims and enjoy their wealth? Or was he, as Allah Almighty said of him: (\u201cThere has certainly come to you a Messenger from among yourselves; grievous to him is what you suffer; he is concerned for you and to the believers is kind and merciful\u201d [At-Tawbah 128]) and (\u201cIt is He who has sent among the unlettered a Messenger from themselves, who recites to them His verses, purifies them, and teaches them the Book and wisdom\u201d [Al-Jumu\u2019ah 2])?
\nReturning to the history of Al-Tabari, we hear the response of Imam Ali (peace be upon him) to this deceptive proposal. If these people were followers of a religion, why did they not obey the Imam of Truth? And why did they permit fighting against those who should not be fought\u2014women and children\u2014even if they were polytheists? What credibility is there in their call for arbitration by the Book of Allah?
\nHis reply (peace be upon him) was:
\n“Servants of Allah, proceed with your truth and sincerity and fight your enemy, for Mu\u2019awiya, \u2018Amr ibn al-\u2018As, Ibn Abi Mayt, Habib ibn Maslama, Ibn Abi Sarh, and Al-Dhahhak ibn Qais are not people of religion or Qur\u2019an. I know them from you, having accompanied them as children and as men; they were the worst of children and the worst of men. If they raise it, they will not truly raise it, nor do they know its content. They raised it for you only as a deception, flattery, and a plot.”
\n(1) Tarikh al-Umam wal-Muluk, Al-Tabari, 4\/34.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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