পৃষ্ঠা 53: প্রথম অধ্যায়: দূরবর্তী আলামতসমূহ যা ইতিমধ্যে প্রকাশ পেয়ে অতিক্রান্ত হয়েছে

Mention of the tribulations that occurred during the era of the Abbasid dynasty

...black garments, and he said: "O Muhammad, these are the garments of the descendants of your paternal uncle al-Abbas." Thereupon, the Prophet (ﷺ) supplicated for them.

And he said: "O Allah, forgive al-Abbas and his children."

Therefore, the earlier hadiths, if authentic, are to be understood as applying to the wicked among them, whereas this and similar narrations apply to the righteous among them, noting that this narration is more authentic and possesses corroborating reports.

Among the tribulations that occurred during their reign were:

- Fighting against the people of Medina.

- The killing of Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyyah, the son of Abd Allah al-Mahd, son of al-Hasan al-Muthanna, son of al-Hasan, the grandson of the Prophet (ﷺ).

- The killing of his brother, Ibrahim ibn Abd Allah.

- The killing of a large number of the Alids (descendants of Ali).

- The imprisonment of Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq during the reign of al-Mansur.

- The death of Imam Musa al-Kazim in prison during the reign of al-Rashid.

- The introduction of alien philosophical thought into Islam.

- The patronage and championing of the Mu'tazilite doctrine during the reign of al-Ma'mun.

- The execution of numerous scholars.

- Forcing people to profess the doctrine of the createdness of the Qur'an.

- The flogging of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal during his reign and during the reigns of al-Mu'tasim, al-Wathiq, and others.

Unity was never achieved during their era, nor was the caliphate ever serene and unblemished for them. The first among them to renounce Mu'tazilism and champion the Sunnah was al-Mutawakkil. For indeed, he saw in a dream as if the Prophet (ﷺ) was standing on a hill surrounded by a vast multitude of people, calling out at the top of his voice: "Behold, Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i has left among you precious knowledge, so follow him and you shall be guided." Consequently, he transitioned to the school of al-Shafi'i, and allocated twelve thousand [dinars] from the public treasury for the dissemination of the hadiths of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).