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Al-Hajjaj massively killed his and Umayyad's opponents. He was fond of killing, as he is quoted as saying that he took pleasure in shedding blood and doing things that no one else has ever done. Al-Hajjaj slaughtered thousands of prisoners of "Dayr Jamajim" and "Zawiya", and according to historians, he slaughtered over 130,000 people. He so excessively killed his opponents that he came to be reprimended by 'Abd al-Malik b. Marwan—he wrote a letter to al-Hajjaj and asked him to stop slaughtering people. | Al-Hajjaj massively killed his and Umayyad's opponents. He was fond of killing, as he is quoted as saying that he took pleasure in shedding blood and doing things that no one else has ever done. Al-Hajjaj slaughtered thousands of prisoners of "Dayr Jamajim" and "Zawiya", and according to historians, he slaughtered over 130,000 people. He so excessively killed his opponents that he came to be reprimended by 'Abd al-Malik b. Marwan—he wrote a letter to al-Hajjaj and asked him to stop slaughtering people. | ||
==Al-Hajjaj and Shias== | ===Al-Hajjaj and Shias=== | ||
AL-Hajjaj continued the method of his Umayyad predecessors to curse [['Ali b. Abi Talib (a)]] and his progeny and killed people who did not curse them. | AL-Hajjaj continued the method of his Umayyad predecessors to curse [['Ali b. Abi Talib (a)]] and his progeny and killed people who did not curse them. | ||
[[Ibn Abi l-Hadid]] cited [[Imam al-Baqir (a)]]'s words about | [[Ibn Abi l-Hadid]] cited [[Imam al-Baqir (a)]]'s words about [[Shia]]s being slaughtered by al-Hajjaj as follows: | ||
: …Al-Hajjaj killed Shias and imprisoned them with a little of suspicion, such that a man had better be accused of being an unbeliever or [[zindiq]] than a Shia of 'Ali (a). | :…Al-Hajjaj killed Shias and imprisoned them with a little of suspicion, such that a man had better be accused of being an unbeliever or [[zindiq]] than a Shia of 'Ali (a). | ||
According to Mas'udi, one day al-Hajjaj told 'Abd Allah b. Hani (a close companion of al-Hajjaj who had an ugly face) that your tribe has no virtue. Ibn Hani began to enumerate the virtues of his tribe. After each of these virtues, al-Hajjaj said: "Yes (it is a virtue)". Ibn Hani said: "all people from my tribe have cursed [[Abu Turab]] (that is, Imam 'Ali (a)). Moreover, they also curse his two sons and their mother (that is, [[Fatima al-Zahra (a)]]). Al-Hajjaj said: "I swear to God! This is a virtue." | According to Mas'udi, one day al-Hajjaj told 'Abd Allah b. Hani (a close companion of al-Hajjaj who had an ugly face) that your tribe has no virtue. Ibn Hani began to enumerate the virtues of his tribe. After each of these virtues, al-Hajjaj said: "Yes (it is a virtue)". Ibn Hani said: "all people from my tribe have cursed [[Abu Turab]] (that is, Imam 'Ali (a)). Moreover, they also curse his two sons and their mother (that is, [[Fatima al-Zahra (a)]]). Al-Hajjaj said: "I swear to God! This is a virtue." | ||