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90 / ( PURE LIFE, Vol.3.No.7, (Safar Al-Muzaffar 1438. Azar 1395. November 2016)

But his attempt did not fool the many who were
able to see his crime as no mistake. Like the
choices of those who were passive and indifferent
to fighting against Yazid, there are those who
indifferent in sharing the events as it occurred.
“If the religious scholars of Islamic society are
silent, therefore, in the face of the policies of the
oppressors, they too are reproached and
condemned by God; and here there is no distinction
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between scholars of the past, present and future.”
It is the duty of historians and scholars to speak
the truth, and to never remain silent or indifferent
towards oppression. There was a clear attempt to
2
“distort [Imam Hussain’s’] revolution” especially
when leaders such as “Ibn Ziyad learnt of the
people’s abhorrence” for the killing and torturing
3
of the head of Imam Hussain.”

1. "The Sermon of Mina, https://www.al-islam.org/articles/sermon-
mina-al-imam-al-Hussains-everlasting-message-religious-leaders. (The
article mentions Chapter 9, Verse 71 of the Qur’an: “The Believers,
men and women, are protectors one of another: they enjoin what is
just, and forbid what is evil: they observe regular prayers, practise
regular charity, and obey Allah and His Messenger. On them will
Allah pour His mercy: for Allah is Exalted in power, Wise.” It is
incumbent on all Muslims to speak out against oppression).
2. Shams Ad-Din Al-Amili, https://www.al-islam.org/revolution-
imam-al-Hussain-shaykh-muhammad-mahdi-shams-ad-din-al-amili.
3. Ayati, https://www.al-islam.org/probe-history-ashura-dr-
ibrahim-ayati.