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THE KILLING OF THE PROPHET'SHOUSEHOLD AND TAKING ASCAPTIVE HIS DAUGHTERS
I - It was for the sake of obedience to the Caliph that
they obstructed the Ahl-e-bayt of the Prophet from
receiving water at Karbala. They massacred them so far as
that they did not even spare their infants and killed
them too. They let loose their horses to gallop over
their respectable bodies and plundered and burnt down
their tents. They took as captives the female members of
the Holy Prophet's household. They severed the heads of
Hazrat's sons and took them along with the captives from
one city to another and from one territory to another and
during the last days of captivity, they were presented
before the Caliph (Yazid) in such a manner that as if
they were some captives belonging to the groups of
unbelievers.
ON THE PATH OF OBEDIENCE TO THE CALIPH
Whatever has been told, has taken place for the sake
of obedience to Yazid. The Syrians who attached the House
of Allah i.e. Kaaba with ballistas, in reply to those who
said: 'This is a divine sanctuary' cried out:- Obedience!
Obedience!!They also said:The reverence for the House of Allah and obedience of
the Caliph came in conjunction with each other. Obedience
to the Caliph prevailed over respect for the House of
Allah.During the period of leadership of Hajjaj, when
lightning struck the Syrian army and consequently they
desisted from destroying the Holy Ka'aba, Hajjaj cried
out: Remember Allah! Remember Allah in order that you
show your obedience to the Caliph - i.e. Abdul Malik!After gaining victory over the rebels of Medina and
after killing, looting and vislating the chastity of
their women, the Commands of Yazid's army, while moving
towards Mecca with the intention of giving them the same
treatment as the people of Medina, was overtaken by death
and just as mentioned before, when he was on the verge of
dying he said: 'O Lord, if after so much of. obedience to
the Caliph and killing of the people of Medina. Thou
shall chastise me, I shall be the most wretched person!Amro-ibn-Hajjaj who was amongst the commanders of
Yazid's army at Karbala addressed the Kufian army on the
day of Ashura as such:'O Kufians, do not lag behind in obedience and do not
keep distant from the congregation. Do not hesitate even
for a moment in killing the one who has existed from the
religion and has made opposition with Imam
Yazidl-ibn-Muawiya.Ka'ab-ibn-Jabir who had fought against Hazrat Imam
Hussein (A.S.) in Karbala says in his supplications as
such: 'O Lord, we have remained loyal to our pledge (with
the Caliph). Do not place us on equal footing with those
who have not been loyal to the Caliph and have not obeyed
him.The killer of Hazrat Hussein (A.S.) i.e.
Shimr-ibn-Zil-Jaushan after the dawn prayers, supplicated
until sunrise and in his supplication said: 'O Lord,
forgive me. The people said: How will Allah forgive you
while you have set out from your house with the intention
of killing the son of the Messenger of Allah and has had
a hand in his killing! In reply, he said:Woe to you! Then what should have we done? Our leader
gave us orders and we did not disobey them. If we had
disobeyed them we would have been worse than these
donkeys pointing to several standing there. 103
THE SECOND FACTOR IN THE ALTERATIONOF ISLAMIC PRECEPTS
The caliphate school reckoned the obedience of God to
be a vital Islamic duty and believed that [Arabic text]
in the verse:[Arabic text]refer to those very official- Caliphs whose obedience
has been made obligatory by God. Also, they have
supported themselves with a tradition which they
attribute to the Holy Prophet that obedience of the
precepts is necessary and obligatory in all the
circumstances. They spread around that all the official
Caliphs are the Caliphs of God and whatever they command
must be obeyed.What was mentioned was a powerful and effective factor
in inducing the followers of the caliphate school in
accepting and putting into action the views and opinion
of the Caliph, even though they were contrary to the
decisive Islamic ordinances.For example, the manner in which they treated the
innocent people and the sanctuary of God, the shrine of
the Holy Prophet and his Ahl-e-bayt, the Prophet's
followers and hundreds of others like them and celebrated
the day of Ashura as the day of 'Eid'.However, in spite of the fact that the views of all
the Caliph were sacred for the followers of this school
of thought yet none took the shape of religious decree
other than the views and opinion of Khulafa-e-Rashideen
(rightly - guided Caliphs). This is because whatever the
Umayyad Caliphs had left behind in the society as a
'Sunnah' (practice) was so forgotten in the course of
time especially so after the setting up of the Abbassid
Caliphate. However, the views of the
«Khulafa-e-Rashideen» (the rightly guided Calilphs) and
their independent judgements vis-a-vis the 'Sunnah' of
the Messenger of Allah has till now been accepted as the
religious precepts by some of the Muslim sects and is
still put into practice by them! This is only because of
the fabricated traditions (mentioned in our previous
discussion) which strived to lower the position of the
Holy Prophet and raise the status of the rightly - guided
Caliphs especially Omar-ibn-Khattab. We believe that this
has been the second vital factor in creating distortion
in some of the Islamic precepts and this is exactly the
reason why the orientalists have said that the Islamic
precepts, after the departure of the Holy Prophet have
had a gradual development and have expanded with the
passage of time -. For example, the famous Jewish and
Zionist orientalist, Agnas Goldzihar has written an
important book in this regard called «Perfection of
beliefs and precepts in Islam.104»
THE EFFECT OF FORSAKING THE IMAMSOF AHL-E-BAYT (A.S.)
Whatever we have mentioned till now, is the result of
one action and that is the separation of the Muslims from
the Imams of Ahl-e-bayt and their disinterest in
referring to them. The Aimmas are those who in reply to a
questioner would say:[Arabic text] 105'Whatever I have said in reply is certainly from the
Messenger of Allah. We never say anything according to
our own views and opinion!They would also say:«I narrate from my father who narrates from his
father who narrates from Hussein who narrates from
Amir-ul-Mumineen who narrates from Messenger of Allah
(S.A.W.A.) whose sayings are the sayings of Almighty God.
106* * *If, after the departure of the Holy Prophet, the
Muslims had referred to the Imams of Ahl-e-bayt, and had
taken their religious beliefs and precepts from them and
learnt Islam from them, this beloved Islam would not have
faced such calamities as it has faced till today.
Moreover, the Messenger of Allah had made a will to his
nation which is as follows:[Arabic text] 107'I am leaving behind among you two most precious
things - the Book of Allah and my descendants and
Ahl-e-bayt. If you keep hold of these two things, you
will never go astray. The Wise and All-Aware God has
informed me that these two will never separate until they
meet me at the pool of «Kauthar». (in Paradise).They are the ones who have been vested in authority
[Arabic text] after the Holy Prophet.Rulers like Muawiya, Yazid, Walid, Haroon, Mutawwakil
and the Uthmani Caliphs cannot be the [Arabic text]
amongst the Muslims.Just as the case when the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.A.) was
the [Arabic text] (Master of the affairs) of the Muslims
in Mecca but was not a ruler, in the same manner the
Imams of Ahl-e-bayt too are the [Arabic text] of the
Muslims and God has commanded us in the verse[Arabic text]to obey them, even though they have not been the
rulers. Although the true rulership is enclusively meant
for them, yet this right will not. reach its rightful
owner until the people cooperate with him in this regard.
