Marwan b. al-Hakam: Difference between revisions

In [[41]]/661, after Mu'awiya reached the caliphate, Marwan was appointed as the governor of Medina.<ref>Dīnawarī, ''Akhbār al-ṭiwāl'', p. 224.</ref> After a while, Mu'awiya appended Mecca and Medina to the government of Marwan.<ref>Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr, ''al-Istīʿāb'', vol. 3, p. 1388; Ibn al-Athīr al-Jazarī, ''Usd al-ghāba'', vol. 4, p. 369.</ref> Later, Mu'awiya dismissed Marwan and replaced him with Sa'id b. Abi l-'As. Some reports referred to Marwan's refusal of taking allegiance of people for Yazid, son of Mu'awiya as the cause of this dismissal.<ref>Ibn Qutayba al-Dīnawarī, ''al-Imāma wa l-sīyāsa'', vol. 1, p. 197, 198.</ref>  

In [[54]]/674, Marwan was again appointed as the governor of Medina and later was dismissed again and was replaced with al-Walid b. 'Utba.<ref>Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr, ''al-Istīʿāb'', vol. 3, p. 1388.</ref> In that period as well, Marwan continued to oppose and act against Imams (a). Marwan prevented the body of [[Imam al-Hasan (a)]] to be buried beside the grave of the Holy Prophet (s). Also, after [[Yazid b. Mu'awiya|Yazid]] reached caliphate, Marwan made a great effort to take allegiance of [[Imam al-Husayn (a)]], so much that he had an argument with him before al-Walid b. 'Utba, the governor of Medina.<ref>Ibn Qutayba al-Dīnawarī, ''al-Imāma wa l-sīyāsa'', vol. 1, p. 227.</ref>  

After the [[Event of Harra|revolt of the people of Medina]] against Yazid, Marwan was exiled from the city and then asked 'Abd Allah b. 'Umar to protect his family, but Ibn 'Umar refused it and so Marwan had the same request from [[Imam al-Sajjad (a)]] and he (a) accepted his request and followed it up.<ref>Ibn Qutayba al-Dīnawarī, ''al-Imāma wa l-sīyāsa'', vol. 1, p. 230, 231.</ref> Then, Marwan went to Syria and stayed there until the death of [[Mu'awiya b. Yazid b. Mu'awiya]].<ref>Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, ''al-Iṣāba'', vol. 4, p. 204.</ref> According to some historical reports, the [[Event of Harra]] happened after the exile of Marwan and other Umayyads and their request for help from Yazid, when he sent an army to Medina.<ref>Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, ''al-Iṣāba'', vol. 6, p. 204.</ref>