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==Claim for Imama== | ==Claim for Imama== | ||
===Contention with Imam al-Sajjad (a)=== | ===Contention with Imam al-Sajjad (a)=== | ||
Muhammad b. Hanafiyya knew his brothers, [[Imam al- | Muhammad b. Hanafiyya knew his brothers, [[Imam al-Hasan al-Mujtaba (a)|Imam al-Hasan (a)]] and [[Imam al-Husayn (a)]], superior to himself, but after the martyrdom of Imam al-Hussayn (a) wrote a letter to [[Imam al-Sajjad]] (a) asking him to accept his [[Imama]]. He argued that, contrary to previous Imams, Imam al-Hussayn had not assigned anyone as the Imam next to himself. Besides, he was the son of [[Imam Ali (a)|'Ali (a), and more qualified owing to his age and great number of hadiths narrated by him. Imam al-Sajjad (a) invited his uncle to piety and avoiding ignorance in return and noted that: | ||
'My father had recommended me before he set off for [[Iraq]], and had me vow a while before his martyrdom.' | 'My father had recommended me before he set off for [[Iraq]], and had me vow a while before his martyrdom.' | ||