The Conflict Between the Alawites and the Umayyads, Backgrounds and Causes
- Author:
- Omar Ibrahim Mansour Al-Taie
- Level:
- Master
- Field of study:
- Islamic History
- Language:
- Arabic
- Faculty:
- Faculty of History
- Year:
- 2022
- Publisher:
- URD Press
- Supervisor(s):
- Mohamed Mohsen Morouji Tabsi
“The making of a historical comparison between the Umayyad and Alawi positions cannot be understood in depth except through a deeper historical understanding of the reality of the final message and the issue of the Imamate and then of the events of the Karbala incident.” The results of the conflict are in the interest of the Umayyad side, even if the conflict process leads to the killing and annihilation of the people of the Prophet’s House and their displacement from their positions that God arranged for them in his dear book and in the Sunnah of the last Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him and his family.” The Umayyad-Alawites have a tribal nature, dating back to pre-Islamic times, and this includes the position of Umayyah ibn Abd Shams in the face of Hisham ibn Abd Manaf. The conflict over positions may be one of the reasons for this, and there is continuous work and development in the stages of history. The Umayyad approach developed in the attack on Islam until it reached the point of killing the Prophet’s grandson. This was part of the heyday of the Umayyad approach in its attempt to destroy Islam. Every act that the Umayyads did was directed against Islam, and hence the importance of research in making a historical comparison between the Umayyad and Alawi positions, the depth of which can only be realized through a deeper historical understanding of the reality of the final message and the issue of the Imamate and then the events of the incident of Karbala, not far from the nature of this The struggle is that Umayyad insistence on adopting a criminal and even brutal approach in an attempt to resolve the results of the conflict in favor of the Umayyad side, even if the process of conflict led to the killing and annihilation of the people of the Prophet’s House and their displacement from their positions that God arranged for them in his dear book and in the Sunnah of the Prophet of the last “peace and blessings of God be upon him and his family, There was an Umayyad project aimed at eliminating Muhammadan Islam and completely opposing it. The Umayyad-Alawi conflict has a tribal nature, dating back to pre-Islamic times, including the position of Umayyah ibn Abd Shams in the face of Hisham ibn Abd Manaf. The struggle over positions may be one of the reasons for this, “and there is a continuous work and development in the stages of history. The Umayyad method developed in attacking Islam until it reached the point of killing the Prophet’s tribe.” “This was part of the heyday of the Umayyad approach in its attempt to eliminate Islam. Every act the Umayyads took was directed against Islam, and hence the importance of this research in explaining the background and causes of the conflict between the Alawites and the Umayyads.”