The Shia Position on the Abbasid State during the Time of Imam al-Sadiq (peace be upon him)

Abstract

The Abbasid government announced the establishment of their state،and the first Abbasid caliph was him or Abu al-Abbas al-Saffah،followed by Abu Jaafar al-Mansur،knowing that the formation of the Abbasid government came on the shoulders of the Ahl al-Bayt and their companions،as the Abbasid state began hostility to the people of the Alawite house and put pressure on Imam Sadiq and his Shiites،fighting them and observing the Imam،so that From time to time they send to Imam al-Sadiq for fear of him،that Imam al-Sadiq used taqiyya and left politics،neither from afar nor from near،and turned towards knowledge and knowledge and took advantage of this circumstance by setting aside his school that paved the way for him and his companions so that the number of his companions became more than 4000 thousand students،all of them from Kufa،Medina،Levant،Qom and Khorasan،which made the Abbasid governments fearful of the Imam because of the Muslims and his companions rallying around the Imam،and during this period there were revolutions against the Abbasid rule and among these revolutions the revolution of Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Al-Hassan (the pure soul)،which is an intellectual and political movement in the late Umayyad state The sources indicate to us that the attendance of the meeting،which was attended by the most prominent Hashemite personalities in the Al-Abwa area،and the meeting was attended by Imam Al-Sadiq،and a verbal altercation occurred between him and Al-Hasan bin Muawiyah،so that Al-Hassan claimed his son He is the Mahdi. As for the revolution of Ibrahim bin Abdullah bin Al-Hassan،this revolution took place after the death of his brother Abdullah،and a battle took place between Ibrahim and his companions and Al-Mansur’s army،and Ibrahim was killed along with a number of his companions in the year145 AH.