Karbala: A "Bloody" Consipracy and the Secrets Behind It

Muhammad bin Ash'ath

Muhammad ibn Ash'ath

Muhammad ibn Ash'ath was the son of Ash'ath ibn Qais (radhiyallahu anhu). His father, Ash'ath (radhiyallahu anhu), accepted Islam upon the hands of Rasulullah (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam), in the tenth year of Hijrah. During the period of Irtidaad, which occurred in the initial era of Hadhrat Abu Bakr, Ash'ath (radhiyallahu anhu) was amongst those who misinformed and unfortunate souls that renegaded, Almighty Allah, however favoured him, and after being caught and brought in front of Hadhrat Abu Bakr (radhiyallahu anhu), he repented sincerely and promised to recompense by continuously fighting in the path of Allah. Hadhrat Abu Bakr (radhiyallahu anhu) understood that his repentance was indeed sincere, and even got him married to his own sister. From this union was born Muhammad ibn Ash'ath, who we are presently discussing.

Ash'ath ibn Qais (radhiyallahu anhu), in accordance to his promise, thereafter devoted his life to Jihad, and partook in many of the great and historic battles, viz. Qadisiyyah, Yarmuk, Nahawand, etc. During the Battle of Siffin, he fought on the side of Hadhrat Ali (radhiyallahu anhu). His loyalty towards Islam and Hadhrat Ali (radhiyallahu anhu) was well known, and in honour of this loyalty, Hadhrat Hasan ibn Ali (radhiyallahu anhu) married his daughter, and kept her as his wife till the end. Ash'ath ibn Qais (radhiyallahu anhu) passed away shortly after the death of Hadhrat Ali (radhiyallahu anhu), and Hadhrat Hasan (radhiyallahu anhu) himself performed his Janaazah (Usdul Gaabah)

Muhammad ibn Ash'ath was thus the nephew of Hadhrat Abu Bakr (radhiyallahu anhu), as well as the brother-in-law of Hadhrat Hasan (radhiyallahu anhu). After being blessed with such close ties to Hadhrat Abu Bakr (radhiyallahu anhu) and to the Ahle Bayt, what would be the reason that this very Muhammad ibn Ash'ath now allies himself with the 'enemy' of the Ahle-Bayt, and himself proceeds to arrest Hadhrat Muslim ibn Aqeel?.

Shia hypocrites would love one to believe that this individual, as well as all the prominent Sahabah and the Tabi'een of Kufa, had no real love for Islam, but were only after fame and wealth. Na'udhubillah

Not only does a stain of hypocrisy fall upon this individual if one were to believe the normally-mentioned chain of events regarding Karbala, but rather, this stain would fall on practically every individual of Kufa, since none of the people of Kufa stood with Hadhrat Muslim ibn Aqeel, whereas at that time Kufa was a centre of Islamic learning, thus many prominent figures were surely present at that time.

To understand this better, some names shall be provided of the individuals who were present at that time, yet they never affiliated themselves with the call of Muslim ibn Aqeel. After reading these names, one shall be forced to ask himself the question, that why did no individual of Kufa stand up in defence of Muslim ibn Aqeel, and neither in the defence of Hadhrat Hussain (radhiyallahu anhu), who as all were well aware, was on his way to Kufa.

The answer that one would finally be forced to accept, would be the very reason why the majority of the Sahabah and Tabi'een did not accompany Hadhrat Hussain (radhiyallahu anhu), when he set out towarda Iraq i.e. these individuals found no reason to stand up against the ruling government, especially after learning from Rasulullah (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) that allegiance to a Caliph should never be broken, unless and except where the caliph is found guilty of open kufr, which was not the case with Yazid, even though Shia hypocrites would desire that we believe so.