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==Imam al-Kazim (a)'s | ==Imam al-Kazim (a)'s Position== | ||
After the [[martyrdom]] of al-Husayn b. 'Ali and his companions, the heads of the martyrs were exhibited in an assembly in which [[Imam 'Ali (a)]]'s progeny, including [[Imam al-Kazim (a)]], were present. No one talked except Imam al-Kazim (a); when he saw the head of al-Husayn b. 'Ali, the leader of the Fakhkh uprising, he said: | After the [[martyrdom]] of al-Husayn b. 'Ali and his companions, the heads of the martyrs were exhibited in an assembly in which [[Imam 'Ali (a)]]'s progeny, including [[Imam al-Kazim (a)]], were present. No one talked except Imam al-Kazim (a); when he saw the head of al-Husayn b. 'Ali, the leader of the Fakhkh uprising, he said: | ||
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Though this [[hadith]] shows that the character of the Fakhkh's martyr was praised by Imam al-Kazim (a), there are two views about the Imam's position about the uprising. | Though this [[hadith]] shows that the character of the Fakhkh's martyr was praised by Imam al-Kazim (a), there are two views about the Imam's position about the uprising. | ||
=== | ===First View: Endorsement of the Uprising=== | ||
According to a [[hadith]], when al-Husayn b. 'Ali was in control of [[Medina]], he asked [[Imam al-Kazim (a)]] to pledge his allegiance to him. Imam al-Kazim (a) told him: "Do not force me to what your cousin ([[Zayd b. 'Ali]]) forced your uncle ([[Imam al-Sadiq (a)]]) so that I have to treat you the way I do not want to, as Abu 'Abd Allah (Imam al-Sadiq (a)) had to treat Zayd the way he did not want to." | According to a [[hadith]], when al-Husayn b. 'Ali was in control of [[Medina]], he asked [[Imam al-Kazim (a)]] to pledge his allegiance to him. Imam al-Kazim (a) told him: "Do not force me to what your cousin ([[Zayd b. 'Ali]]) forced your uncle ([[Imam al-Sadiq (a)]]) so that I have to treat you the way I do not want to, as Abu 'Abd Allah (Imam al-Sadiq (a)) had to treat Zayd the way he did not want to." | ||
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And [['Allama al-Majlisi]] considered Imam al-Kazim (a)'s words, "be serious in your affair", to be evidence of his endorsement of the uprising, and his praying that they be rewarded by God as evidence of their high place before God. | And [['Allama al-Majlisi]] considered Imam al-Kazim (a)'s words, "be serious in your affair", to be evidence of his endorsement of the uprising, and his praying that they be rewarded by God as evidence of their high place before God. | ||
According to some sources, Husayn consulted Imam al-Kazim (a) before his uprising. al-Husayn is quoted as saying that "we did not rise before we consulted our household and [[Musa b. Ja'far]] and he asked us to rise". | According to some sources, al-Husayn consulted Imam al-Kazim (a) before his uprising. al-Husayn is quoted as saying that "we did not rise before we consulted our household and [[Musa b. Ja'far]] and he asked us to rise". | ||
===The second view: the rejection of the uprising=== | ===The second view: the rejection of the uprising=== | ||
Some people claimed that since Imam al-Kazim (a) believed that the uprising was doomed to failure and he wanted to keep [[Shiism]] alive, since it was the heritage of his fathers, he found it irrational to attend the uprising or endorse it, and the mere fact that he prayed for al-Husayn and his companions is no evidence for his endorsement of their uprising. | Some people claimed that since Imam al-Kazim (a) believed that the uprising was doomed to failure and he wanted to keep [[Shiism]] alive, since it was the heritage of his fathers, he found it irrational to attend the uprising or endorse it, and the mere fact that he prayed for al-Husayn and his companions is no evidence for his endorsement of their uprising. | ||
Rasul Ja'fariyan maintains that though the Fakhkh uprising was one of the least problematic uprisings of the 'Alawis against the [[Abbasids]], we are not sure that it was ordered by [[Imam al-Kazim (a)]]. Though there were good intentions behind these uprisings, for different political reasons they were fruitless. [[Imamiyya]] Shiites disagreed with the 'Alawis over these uprisings. | [[Rasul Ja'fariyan]] maintains that though the Fakhkh uprising was one of the least problematic uprisings of the 'Alawis against the [[Abbasids]], we are not sure that it was ordered by [[Imam al-Kazim (a)]]. Though there were good intentions behind these uprisings, for different political reasons they were fruitless. [[Imamiyya]] Shiites disagreed with the 'Alawis over these uprisings. | ||
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