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severing the rope which the Alawids and their Shīʿah were holding onto very
firmly in order to obtain legitimacy.
Their revilement had taken two forms:
Form 1: Reviling him and granting permission for his revilement
The governors of the Umayyads did not refrain from reviling ʿAlī I and
denigrating him openly. Although widespread, it is important to note that
amongst them there was a group that did not revile ʿAlī I and did not debase
him, like Saʿīd ibn al-ʿᾹṣ. 1
Hence in Makkah, when the order to revile ʿAlī I had arrived to its governors, 2
there is no doubt that they all complied. This had caused one person to become
enraged; he ascended the pulpit, held on to the covering of the Kaʿbah and then
said:
لعن الله من يسب عليا
وبنيه من سوقة وإمام
أيسب المطهرون أصول
والكرام الخوال والعمام
يأمن الظبي والحمام ول يأ
من آل الرسول عند المقام
May Allah curse the one who reviles ʿAlī I and his sons, whether they be
the ordinary salesmen of the market or the ruler.
Will the men who have a pure pedigree, and noble maternal and paternal
uncles be reviled?
The deer and the dove enjoy safety, but the family of the Rasūl do not enjoy
amnesty by the Maqām (of Ibrāhīm).
1 Al-ʿIlal wa Maʿrifah al-Rijāl 3/176; Tārīkh Madīnah Dimashq 21/129; al-Bidāyah wa al-Nihāyah 10/84.
2 Al-Muntaẓam 7/103.
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