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Fierce Political Struggles
Of
course it is not possible to study this issue in a single session. However,
given the fact that the lives of the infallible Imams and the Ahl-ul-Bait (the
Progeny of the Holy Prophet (S)) had always been politically oriented, I would
shed some light on this aspect of their lives today. I would like to discuss
this aspect in details.
The
first question that is to be addressed in this regard is: What is the political
struggle or fierce political struggle in the lives of the infallible Imams (AS)?
It means that the struggles which were launched by the infallible Imams (AS)
were not merely scientific, intellectual, or theological. Their struggles were
not similar to the theological struggles we observe in the history of Islam
during this period. Contrary to the sects of "Mu'tazilites" and "Asharites",
the objective of the Imams in holding the educative sessions, debates, classes,
as well as the narration of traditions, and teaching of Islamic doctrines and
decrees was not to confirm the stance of their own theological school of
thought. Their struggle was not an armed movement either. It was neither similar
to that of Zaid and his survivors, nor like that of Bani al-Hassan, nor the
struggles of some members of Aal-e-Ja'far and others in the history of the
infallible Imams. They did not launch this kind of struggle either. It is
pertinent here to state that the Imams did not denunciate the struggle of these
figures. Although they denunciate some of them, their denunciation was not due
to the nature of armed struggle. They also acknowledged some of them and even
supported and contributed to some of these struggles.
The
following tradition, attributed to Imam Sadiq (AS), is an example which supports
this idea: "I would like the insurgents of the Progeny of Muhammad (S) to
rise; in this case I would provide them with the required finance to run their
houses (financial assistance, protecting their prestige, accommodating them,
providing them with a hide-out, and so on). [Bahar-ul-Anwar, Vol. 46, P. 172,
Tradition No. 2]. But the Imams themselves did not launch nor did they join the
armed struggle.
