The Educational System In Islam

Hussein, the Prophet’s grandson. Before Ubeidullah had finished his
speech,themanansweredhimwithwordssharperthannewswords.He
said,“Theliarismostsurelyyouandyourfather,andthatwhoappoin-
tedyouandhisfather.O,youslaveofthebarbarous!Youkilledthesons
of the prophets,andascended onthe Muslims’ pulpits. Whereare the
sonsofMuhajirsandAnsartorevengeyouandyourtyrantchief—the
cursedandsonofthecursed?–HereferstoYazidandMuawiyawhom
werecursed bytheProphet (s)-”Al-KumeitbinZiad,thepoet,wasan-
other example of the revolution against the wrongdoers. He satirized
roughly the Umayyad kings and praised the Alawids. He said:
“They –the Alawids- are chiefs unlike those who see no difference
between leading people and leading sheep. They are unlike Abdul-
Melik, al-Walid, Suleiman and Husham*.”
HealsosatirizedHushamthetyrantaswellastheUmayyadkings.He
said,“Hiswordsaretheprophets’,whilehisdeeds aretheJahilites’**.”
“TelltheUmayyadswherevertheywere,thoughyoufearswords:May
Godstarvethosewhomyoufeed,andsaturatethosewhomyoustarved
due to your injustice.”
Thosekingsexceededinpersecutingandoppressingourpoet,buthe
was exceeding in adhering to his belief and principals.
On the theatre of Shism, another poet emerged. He was al-Farazdaq,
who criticizedandreprimandedthe Umayyads andupheld the Proph-
et’sprogeny—therealpeopleoftheIslamicrightandjustice.Themost
remarkablesituation ofthispoetwaspraisingImamZeinulabidinand
denigratingHushambinAbdul-Melik,the Umayyadking,who preten-
ded he had not known the Imam. Al-Farazdaq said, “This is the one
whosestepsarerealizedevenbythedeserts.TheholyHouse,thelegal-
ity,andtheprecinctsrealizehim,too.ThisisthesonofthebestofGod’s
servants.
This is the pious, the pure, the sanitary,and the master. Your asking
about hispersonality doesbynomeans prejudicehim.The Arabs and
the non-Arabs know him.”
ThepoetwentonpraisingtheImaminsuchanunprecedentedwording.
Consequently,hehadtoencountertheUmayyads’irritationandpunish-
ment. Nevertheless, this persecution did not stop him. He satirized
HushamandkeptonreferringtotheUmayyads’defects.Hesaid,“Heis
nodding the head which has never been a master’s head. He has a
crossed eye of manifest defects.”
Diibilal-Khuzaiwassurelythepoetofthepersecutedandthewronged
ones. He declared the right and criticized the kings after they had