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Later Imam 'Ali (a) sent a letter by his son, [[Imam al-Hasan (a)]], to remove Abu Musa from Kufa. Abu Musa delivered a speech to people of Kufa and said the disagreement between [['Ali b. Abi Talib (a)]] with [[Talha]] and [[Zubayr]] is [[Quraysh]]-related fight and others should stay away from it. When Imam Al-Hasan (A) arrived in Kufa, people supported him to throw Abu Musa out of palace and they prevented him from plundering public properties. Based on a narration, Abu Musa fled afterwards, and he was allowed to live without punishment. | Later Imam 'Ali (a) sent a letter by his son, [[Imam al-Hasan (a)]], to remove Abu Musa from Kufa. Abu Musa delivered a speech to people of Kufa and said the disagreement between [['Ali b. Abi Talib (a)]] with [[Talha]] and [[Zubayr]] is [[Quraysh]]-related fight and others should stay away from it. When Imam Al-Hasan (A) arrived in Kufa, people supported him to throw Abu Musa out of palace and they prevented him from plundering public properties. Based on a narration, Abu Musa fled afterwards, and he was allowed to live without punishment. | ||
===The Battle of Siffin and Arbitration=== | ===The Battle of Siffin and the Arbitration=== | ||
Abu Musa is significantly famous in historical resources for the political role he played in [[the Arbitration]] after [[the battle of Siffin]] which unintentionally or intentionally led to seizure of power by [[Banu Umayyad]]. When [[Mu'awiya]]'s army were facing an eminent defeat in the battle of Siffin, [['Amr b. al-'As]] tricked a number of Imam's soldiers to stop fighting, as a result the fate of the battle was supposed to be concluded by the Arbitration. People of [[Sham]] elected 'Amr b. al-'As as their arbitrator. [[Ash'ath b. Qays]] and some others, who later came to be called [[Mariqun]], suggested Abu Musa al-Ash'ari as the arbitrator from [[Kufa]]. But [[Imam 'Ali (a)]] suggested [['Abd Allah b. 'Abbas]] or [[Malik al-Ashtar]]. Imam 'Ali (a)'s suggestions were opposed by Ash'ath and his friends; they refused Malik al-Ashtar on the grounds that he is pro-war, and they rejected Ibn 'Abbas on the grounds that 'Amr b. al-'As is from the Mudari tribes so his interlocutor should be Yemeni. | Abu Musa is significantly famous in historical resources for the political role he played in [[the Arbitration]] after [[the battle of Siffin]] which unintentionally or intentionally led to seizure of power by [[Banu Umayyad]]. When [[Mu'awiya]]'s army were facing an eminent defeat in the battle of Siffin, [['Amr b. al-'As]] tricked a number of Imam's soldiers to stop fighting, as a result the fate of the battle was supposed to be concluded by the Arbitration. People of [[Sham]] elected 'Amr b. al-'As as their arbitrator. [[Ash'ath b. Qays]] and some others, who later came to be called [[Mariqun]], suggested Abu Musa al-Ash'ari as the arbitrator from [[Kufa]]. But [[Imam 'Ali (a)]] suggested [['Abd Allah b. 'Abbas]] or [[Malik al-Ashtar]]. Imam 'Ali (a)'s suggestions were opposed by Ash'ath and his friends; they refused Malik al-Ashtar on the grounds that he is pro-war, and they rejected Ibn 'Abbas on the grounds that 'Amr b. al-'As is from the Mudari tribes so his interlocutor should be Yemeni. | ||