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Al-’Adawi’s advice to the Imam is based on the
“[certainty] of [the Imam’s] failure.”
1
Instead of choosing to support the Imam to
pursue the higher ground, he is more “concerned
2
about [the] result.”
Such people have chosen to play passive in
making a moral decision. Al-‘Adawi views the
Imam’s death as an end, not a beginning.
Furthermore, a man named Abdullah bin Abbas
tells Imam Hussain "to retire to the mountains of
3
Yemen to escape the troops of Yazid."
Like others before him, it is clear that this
individual’s concerns lie in the worldly results—
death and disruption of worldly peace.
The choices of these men lie in the concerns of a
finite existence. Another man, ‘Abd Allah ibn
‘Umar advises the Imam, “...you know the hostility
of this clan towards you and their injustice to you.
The people have given authority to this man, Yazid
ibn Mu’awaiya.
I can not be sure that the people would not favor
him because of gold and silver (which he has given
them) so that they would fight against you, and
thus many men would be destroyed through you.

1. Shams Ad-Din Al-Amili, https://www.al-islam.org/revolution-imam-
al-Hussain-shaykh-muhammad-mahdi-shams-ad-din-al-amili.
2. Ibid.
3. Mutahhari, https://www.al-islam.org/truth-about-al-Hussain-s-
revolt-ayatullah-murtadha-mutahhari.