Imam Al-Sadiq

are worthier of what is in our hands than us. hut the authority is barren, if the owner of this
grave, namely the Prophet may Allah bless him and his family, disputed with us for authority,
we would hit his nose with the sword."28
This bold guilty (person) admitted his crime, but he did not mention the truth thoroughly,
because the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him and his family, and the choice of his
family did not request it for religion, enjoining the right and forbidding the wrong, and
removing heresies and misguidance. If they requested authority for authority, we would not
shower the Omayyads and the Abbasids with the arrows of blame, then is it right to blame the
person who overcomes his rival when they dispute each other for authority?
Do you think that al- Husayn with his rise, Zayd with his revolt, Yahya with his jihad, and al-
Husayn in Fakh with his defense, and the like of the Talibis with religion and intellect,
sacrifice their selves and the valuable for authority?
Why did they request a mere life in this world while they were the propagandists of religion,
the leaders of right guidance, and the lamps of mind? Why did they request authority while
they knew that their power was not enough to obtain victory? Yes, they sacrificed those
valuable selves and the respected because they knew that religion was more valuable than
their selves. Whoever finds the cost expensive, sale is easy for him. Besides, people
understood the plain truth and certain religion, and the truth overcame the falsehood through
plea and proof after those sacrifices.
The Battle of Karbala and the sacrifices of the Alawids were examples for the masters of
religion and teachings for the men of truth during the competition between guidance and
misguidance and truth and falsehood, and left no reason for the propagandists of religion to
refrain from sacrificing themselves for supporting them. Through their acts, they taught them
that victory is obtained with sacrifice, life is achieved with death, and those experiences were
done to prevent people from advancing feebleness as an excuse, because victory is not for an
urgent victory. In other words, the day of al- Husayn and the days of the Alawids were the
days of victories for their enemies. Still, afterward, men realized that victory was for those
revolutionary Alawi'ds who had spared no effort for religion, and the defeat in life and
religion were for their enemies who were victorious then.
Through those events, the world understands the religion and jihad which ahl al Bayt adopted
to enliven the Muslim Law, and the reason why their enemies waged those war against them.
Then the intentions of the two parties have became clear. other wise (we have the right to
ask): What was the crime of that suckling baby whose milk dried and whose lips faded
because of thirst? Why did they kill him with an arrow while he was on the chest of his
father? Why did that arrow make him flickering like the slaughtered bird? Why did they kill
those innocent children while they did not take part at that battle?