Arbitration (Battle of Siffin): Difference between revisions

'''Ḥakamīyya''' (Arabic: الحَکَمیّة) or '''The Arbitration''' points out to a historical event concerning the [[Battle of Siffin]]. In this event, a person was elected as the representative of the army of [[Kufa]] and another as that of the army of [[Sham]], and everyone agreed to comply with what they agree on in accordance with the [[Qur'an]]. The hakamiyya, or the arbitration, was proposed as a solution for disputes between the two parties after a cunning by [['Amr b. 'As]] and [[Mu'awiya b. Abi Sufyan|Mu'awiyya]] following an imminent defeat of the army of [[Sham]]. [[Imam Ali (a)]] resisted the suggestion of hakamiyya from the beginning. Since 'Amr b. 'As—the "hakam" or arbiter of Sham—managed to deceive [[Abu Musa al-Ash'ari]]—the arbiter of [[Kufa]]—by announcing Mu'awiyya as the [[caliph]] although they had agreed on a different verdict, the story of hakamiyya failed to solve the dispute, and it only managed to save the army of Sham from its imminent defeat.