Nasb-and-the-Nawasib

Likewise when the Shīʿah mastered the art of mourning over the martyrdom of
Ḥusayn I and forged narrations and stories best known only to Allah E,
some ignoramuses countered that by forging narrations regarding the virtues of
expressing joy on the day of ʿᾹshūrāʾ and spending upon the family.
The Fifth Cause: The Influence of the Rulers:
Many of the Umayyad rulers played a very pivotal role in the emergence of Naṣb
and its spread amongst people due to exploiting their influential capacities. 1
The Sixth Cause: The Influence of Society
A person can never be free from accepting the effect from his environment, for
he is the product of the environment in which he grew up due to it contributing
to the development of his conscience, the formation of his satisfactions, and the
shaping of his outlook; this is what later influences all his ideas and activities
inevitably. Even though at times he will manage to shed off some of its impacts
upon him, but he can never possibly overcome all of them altogether because
they have already become a part of his identity.
The causes of social influence differ in terms of strength and weakness for
various reasons: like being close to the impactor or far therefrom, or the period
of exposure being long or short. Hence the stronger the relation and the longer
the period of exposure, the stronger and the deeper the impact, as in the case
of the parents. The polytheists would therefore refuse to accept the message of
the truth due to them being heavily influenced by this factor, as is mentioned by
Allah E in the Qurʾān:
وَ‏ إِذَ‏ ا قِيلَ‏ لَهُ‏ مُ‏ اتاَّبِعُ‏ وا مَ‏ ا أَنْزَ‏ لَ‏ اللّٰهُ‏ قَالُوا بَلْ‏ نَتاَّبِعُ‏ مَ‏ ا أَلْفَ‏ يْنَا عَ‏ لَيْهِ‏ أ ٰ بَاءَ‏ نَاؕ‏
شَ‏ يْئاًا وَ‏ لَ‏ يَهْ‏ تَدُ‏ ونَ‏
أَوَ‏ لَوْ‏ كَ‏ انَ‏ أ ٰ بَاؤُ‏ هُ‏ مْ‏ لَ‏ يَعْ‏ قِلُوْ‏ نَ‏
1 A more detailed discussion around this will come under the discussion: ‘the stance of the Khulafāʾ
of the Banū Umayyah’ on p. 220. (add page number)
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