Anonymous user
Battle of Siffin: Difference between revisions
m
→The Beginning of the Battle
imported>Shakeri |
imported>Shakeri |
||
| Line 53: | Line 53: | ||
The two armies met in the border of [[Rome]] on the north of [[Iraq]] and [[Syria]]. [[Imam Ali (a)]] sent [[Malik al-Ashtar]] to the army of [[Mu'awiya b. Abi Sufyan]] for talks before the war, emphasizing that Imam Ali (a)'s army should not start the war. When Malik al-Ashtar departed the camps, the army of [[Syria]] had already started the battle. However, after this attack, the army of Syria retreated. | The two armies met in the border of [[Rome]] on the north of [[Iraq]] and [[Syria]]. [[Imam Ali (a)]] sent [[Malik al-Ashtar]] to the army of [[Mu'awiya b. Abi Sufyan]] for talks before the war, emphasizing that Imam Ali (a)'s army should not start the war. When Malik al-Ashtar departed the camps, the army of [[Syria]] had already started the battle. However, after this attack, the army of Syria retreated. | ||
After some sporadic clashes, in the month of [[Muharram | After some sporadic clashes, in the month of [[Muharram]], there was a ceasefire between the two parties of war. However, negotiations between Imam Ali (a)'s representatives and Mu'awiya continued. Mu'awiya suggested as his main condition for a compromise the execution of people who, in his view, were accomplices in the murder of [['Uthman b. 'Affan|'Uthman]], such as [['Ammar b. Yasir]], [['Adi b. Hatam]], and Malik al-Ashtar. | ||
On the first day of [[Safar]], there was a violent war between the two armies. Every day one of Imam Ali (a)'s commanders undertook the leadership of the frontline. On the first day Malik al-Ashtar, on the second day [[Hashim b. 'Utba]], on the third day [['Ammar b. Yasir]], on the fourth day [[Muhammad b. al-Hanafiyya]], and on the fifth day [['Abd Allah b. 'Abbas]] led the frontline. | On the first day of [[Safar]], there was a violent war between the two armies. Every day one of Imam Ali (a)'s commanders undertook the leadership of the frontline. On the first day Malik al-Ashtar, on the second day [[Hashim b. 'Utba]], on the third day [['Ammar b. Yasir]], on the fourth day [[Muhammad b. al-Hanafiyya]], and on the fifth day [['Abd Allah b. 'Abbas]] led the frontline. | ||