Nasb-and-the-Nawasib

إن أهل البيت من بني هاشم قد كانوا هلكوا جوعا حتى كانت لقمة أحدهم قوت عياله،‏ فلما ولي خالد
العراق أعطاهم الموال فقووا بها فتاقت نفوسهم إلى طلب الخالفة،‏ وما خرج زيد إل عن رأي خالد
The Hashimid members of the Ahl al-Bayt were completely destroyed due
to hunger, so much so that a morsel of one of them would serve as the
provisions of the entire family. But when Khālid assumed the governorship
of Iraq he granted them wealth by way of which they gained strength.
Subsequently they coveted the Khilāfah. Zayd’s rebellion was only because
Khālid had told him to do so.
The Third Reason: The Shīʿah of the Alawids
Avenging the murder of ʿUthmān I was the focal point which had led to the
establishment of the Umayyad Empire, it had granted it the legitimacy that in
long required in its initial stages. Which is why the Umayyads were very eager to
subdue anyone who did not think along the same lines, at the head of who were
the Alawids.
Although after the martyrdom of ʿAlī I and the relinquishment of the Khilāfah
by Ḥasan I for Muʿāwiyah I, the Umayyads had become grounded in power,
but the Shīʿah still remained loyal to ʿAlī I; they believed that the Khilāfah was
usurped from him. After his demise their allegiance shifted to the Alawids due
to them being the natural and legal heirs of ʿAlī I and his Khilāfah. Together
with that, they opposed the Umayyads fervidly and some of them would thus
say:
كلب للعلوية خير من جميع بني أمية
A dog of the Alawids is better than all the Umayyads. 1
The Shīʿah had not only resented the Umayyads and their doings, rather they
went on to openly impugn them and the legitimacy of their rule, and to kindle
1 Tārīkh Baghdād 4/248; al-Muntaẓam 7/247; Wafayāt al-Aʿyān 7/106; al-Kāmil fī al-Tārīkh 4/476.
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