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[[Imam al-Husayn (a)]] delivered the sermon in [[58]] A.H/678, two years before [[Mu'awiya]]'s death, in [[Mina]]. Mu'awiya had escalated his pressures on [[Shi'a|Shi'as]] and oppressed his political opponents. In order to uncover Imam al-Husayn (a)'s motivation for delivering the sermon and the circumstances under which it was delivered, [[Sulaym b. Qays al-Hilali|Sulaym b. Qays]] refers to the consequences of four official letters of Mu'awiya to his agents and staff. | [[Imam al-Husayn (a)]] delivered the sermon in [[58]] A.H/678, two years before [[Mu'awiya]]'s death, in [[Mina]]. Mu'awiya had escalated his pressures on [[Shi'a|Shi'as]] and oppressed his political opponents. In order to uncover Imam al-Husayn (a)'s motivation for delivering the sermon and the circumstances under which it was delivered, [[Sulaym b. Qays al-Hilali|Sulaym b. Qays]] refers to the consequences of four official letters of Mu'awiya to his agents and staff. | ||
According to Sulaym b. Qays, in the first letter, Mu'awiya announced that he would not support people who cite the virtues of [[Imam 'Ali (a)]] and his household. He also ordered that testimonies of Shi'as should not be accepted and to give allowances to anyone who cites the virtues of [['Uthman]]. In the second letter, Mu'awiya ordered people to cite [[hadiths]] concerning the virtues of the [[Sahaba]] and the first two caliphs, [[Abu Bakr b. Abi Quhafa]] and [['Umar b. al-Khattab]] similar to the | According to Sulaym b. Qays, in the first letter, Mu'awiya announced that he would not support people who cite the virtues of [[Imam 'Ali (a)]] and his household. He also ordered that testimonies of Shi'as should not be accepted and to give allowances to anyone who cites the virtues of [['Uthman]]. In the second letter, Mu'awiya ordered people to cite [[hadiths]] concerning the virtues of the [[Sahaba]] and the first two caliphs, [[Abu Bakr b. Abi Quhafa]] and [['Umar b. al-Khattab]] similar to the virtues of Imam 'Ali (a). He said that this would delight him and humiliate Imam 'Ali (a). | ||
In the third letter, Mu'awiya told people to find whoever showed a little advocacy of Imam 'Ali (a) and his household, remove them from the book of salaries and allowances, and cut their shares from the treasury ([[bayt al-mal]]). And in the fourth letter, he told people to put advocates of Imam 'Ali (a) under a lot of pressure and destroy their houses. | In the third letter, Mu'awiya told people to find whoever showed a little advocacy of Imam 'Ali (a) and his household, remove them from the book of salaries and allowances, and cut their shares from the treasury ([[bayt al-mal]]). And in the fourth letter, he told people to put advocates of Imam 'Ali (a) under a lot of pressure and destroy their houses. | ||