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With the selection of [['Uthman]] for the caliphate, the enmity between [[Banu Umayya]] and Banu Hashim revived again; because in this period Banu Umayya took control of the power and the ground for tribal revenges became ready; for example, [[Abu Sufyan]] asked 'Uthman to preserve the caliphate in Banu Umayya, because there is neither [[Paradise]] nor [[Hell|fire]] (there's only the competition over the reign).<ref>Iṣfahānī, ''al-ʾAghānī'', vol. 6, p. 371; Maqrīzī, ''al-Nizāʿ wa al-takhāṣum'', p. 59.</ref> | With the selection of [['Uthman]] for the caliphate, the enmity between [[Banu Umayya]] and Banu Hashim revived again; because in this period Banu Umayya took control of the power and the ground for tribal revenges became ready; for example, [[Abu Sufyan]] asked 'Uthman to preserve the caliphate in Banu Umayya, because there is neither [[Paradise]] nor [[Hell|fire]] (there's only the competition over the reign).<ref>Iṣfahānī, ''al-ʾAghānī'', vol. 6, p. 371; Maqrīzī, ''al-Nizāʿ wa al-takhāṣum'', p. 59.</ref> | ||
On the contrary, Imam 'Ali (a), rejecting this tribal bias, considered the [[faith]], sincerity, and [[piety]] as the essential criteria for the ruler.<ref>''Nahj al-balāgha'', Letter 17.</ref> | On the contrary, Imam 'Ali (a), rejecting this tribal bias, considered the [[faith]], sincerity, and [[piety]] as the essential criteria for the ruler.<ref>''Nahj al-balāgha'', Letter 17.</ref> | ||
===Caliphate of Imam 'Ali (a) and Imam al-Hasan (a)=== | ===Caliphate of Imam 'Ali (a) and Imam al-Hasan (a)=== | ||