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Imam al-Sajjad (a)'s neutrality with respect to the uprising: Imam al-Sajad (a) did not accompany the people of [[Medina]] in the uprising. The reasons for his neutrality included the facts that the uprising began by the permission and support of [['Abd Allah b. Zubayr]], and the number of people in Medina was very small in comparison with the number of Sham's violent, cruel army. Moreover, Imam al-Sajjad (a) wanted to stay away from the accusations of the [[Umayyad]] government, which was, on one account, [[Muslim b. 'Uqba]]'s main motivation for his attack on Medina, and he wanted his few followers to survive (in order for Shiism to survive) and he wanted to preserve the dignity of [[the Prophet (s)]]'s progeny and household.