Why Imam Hassan entered into treaty and Imam Hussain didnt? We should begin by pointing out that Imam Husayn (as) was not given the offer of a treaty. Our Imam (as) was sitting at home in Madina wherein he was ordered to give bayah to Yazeed. Secondly there wasn’t any prediction by Holy Prophet (s) that would have allowed Imam Husayn (as) to enter into a treaty. Imam Hassan (as) made a treaty with Mu’awiya and his supporters in the same manner that the Holy Prophet (s) made peace with the Kuffar of Makkah. After agreeing the treaty our Prophet (s) opted to fight the Kuffar of Makkah after migrating to Madina, and his (s) younger grandson Imam Husayn (as) did likewise and fought the supporters of Mu’awiya during the reign of Yazeed. In brief, both Imam Hassan (as) and Imam Husayn (as) were the mirror image of the Makki and Madani life of Holy Prophet(s). The reason for Imam Hassan (as) making a treaty with Mu’awiya rather than fight was the same reason that the Holy Prophet (s) chose not to fight the Kuffar of Makkah, rather entered into a treaty with them. Similarly when the decision was taken by Rasulullah (s) to fight the same Kufar of Makkah Imam Husayn (as) adopted the same position by fighting against Yazeed. If we go into detail about the two different stances adopted by Holy Prophet (s) and his grandsons we will come to know that Holy Prophet (s) by making treaty with the pagans of Makkah offered a final resort to them so that they might accept guidance during the said time but when they didn’t leave the path of ignorance and intolerance and kept committing oppression. This left our Holy Prophet (s) with no other choice but to migrate to Madeena and to respond against all attacks by the pagans of Makkah. Similarly Imam Hassan (as) by making treaty offered a final chance to Mu’awiya and his supporters so that they could come to the path of guidance and abandon the methods of oppression on earth but when those people didn’t abandon irreligiousness and kept destroying Islam Imam Husayn (as) responded by fighting the Yazeedi forces. In short, the stance of Holy Prophet (s) of making treaty first and then making Jihad was done jointly by His(s) grandsons, as had been the case with the previous Prophets. They would initially offer guidance to the ignorant of their time and when faced with stubborn refusal to the point of ruthlessness, Allah(swt) would send his wrath onto them.
Posted on: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 19:45:27 +0000
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