Hadith 40

f pondering, you would know that he-asws sacrificed himself-asws for the religion of his-asws grandfather-saww, and the pillars of the government of the clan of Umayya were not shaken until after his-asws martyrdom, and their Kufr and their straying was not manifest to the people except during his-asws success with his-asws happiness. And if he-asws had reconciled and made peace with them, that would have strengthened their authority and their affairs would have been doubtful upon the people. So, they would have returned after a while to destroy the flags of the religion and traces of the schools of guidance. Along with that it has appeared to you, from the previous Ahadeeth, that he-asws had fled from Al-Medina to go to Makkah, fearing from being killed, and like that he-asws had gone out from Makkah after it had been overcome upon his-asws thoughts that they were wanting to ambush him-asws and kill him-asws, until it was not easy for him-asws, may my soul and my father and my mother be sacrificed for him-asws, that he-asws had to complete the argument (upon them). So he-asws released (the Ihraam) and So he exited from it, fearing, wary. [28: 21], and they, may Allah-azwj Curse them, had constricted upon him-asws the entirety of the horizons and did not leave any place for him-asws to flee to. And I (Majlisi) have seen in one of the reliable books that Yazeed-la had enforced Amro Bin Saeed Bin Al-Aas-la in a large army and placed him-la in charge of the affairs of the season (Hajj) and made him a commander upon the pilgrims, all of them, and he-la had told him to capture Al-Husayn-asws secretly, and if he is not able from it, then to kill him-asws him in an ambush. Then he-la ordered for thirty men to be with the pilgrims during that year, being from the devils of the clan of Umayya, and ordered them with killing Al-Husayn-asws upon whichever state they come across. When Al-Husayn-asws came to know of that, he-asws released the Ihraam of the Hajj and made it to be an individual Umrah. And it has been reported by the chains that when Muhammad Bin Al-Hanafiyya prevented him-asws from the going out to Al-Kufa, he-asws said: ‘By Allah-azwj, O my-asws brother! Even if I-asws were to be in a hole of an insect from the insects of the earth, they will bring me-asws out from it until they kill me-asws! ’
But the apparent is that he-asws, may the Salawaat of Allah-azwj be upon him-asws, if he-asws had made peace with them and pledged allegiance to them, they still would not have left him-asws due to the severity of their enmity and the frequency of their insolence. But they were trying to ambush him-asws by every trick and pushing him-asws by every means. And rather they were presenting the allegiance (to Yazeed-la) at first due to their knowledge that he-asws will never be agreeing to them regarding that. Can’t you see Marwan, may Allah-azwj Curse him, how he had indicated upon the governor of Al Medina with killing him-asws before the presentation of the allegiance (to Yazeed-la) to him-asws? And Ubeydullah Bin Ziyad-la, may Allah-azwj Curse him-la up to the Day of Qiyamah, said, ‘Present to him-asws to descend upon our-la orders, then we-la shall view regarding him-asws whatever we-la view’. Can’t you see how they had granted safety to Muslim-ra then they killed him-ra? As for Muawiya, he was with severe enmity and hatred towards the People-asws of the Household. He was with shrewdness and gruesome dealings, and he knew that if he were to kill him-asws openly, it would obligate the people to return from him and his kingdom would be gone, and the people would come out against him. And apparently, he was turning the based upon whichever situation, and due to that he reconciled with Al-Hassan-asws, and due to that Al-Husayn-asws did not object to him, and due to that he had bequeathed to his accursed son-la with never to confront Al-Husayn-asws, because he knew that it would become a cause for his-la government to go away. O Allah-azwj! Curse everyone who oppressed the People-asws of the Household of Your-azwj Prophet-saww, and assisted against them-asws, and was pleased with what had transpired upon them-asws, from the injustices and the tyranny, a ruinous Curse, and Punish them with a painful punishment, and Make us to be from the best of the Shias of the Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww and their-asws helpers, and the seekers of their-asws retaliation with their-asws Qaim-asws, may the Salawaat of Allah-azwj be upon them-asws all! ’’