Hazrat Sultan Bahu / Haqbahu � Life in Details in English

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THE OMAYADS

On the death of Hazrat Ali (RA), Imam Hasan, the son of Hazrat Ali became the Khalifa. Amir Muawiya who was related to Hazrat Osman (RA) and belonged to the house of the Omayads, refused to accept Imam Hasan (RA) as the Khalifa and declared himself as the Khalipha. In order to avoid a war, Hazrat Imam Hasan (RA) withdrew as a khalifa and Amir Muawiya became the Khalifa of Islam.

Muawiyah died in 680 Ad and was succeeded by his son Yazid. This was against the pact agreed between Hazrat Imam Hasan and Amir Muawiyah. Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA), the brother of Imam Hasan (RA) challenged Yazid. Hazrat Imam Hussein (RA) was betrayed and martyred at the field of Karbala.

It was during the corrupt and repressive rule of Yazid and after the martyrdom of Hazrat Hasan (RA) and the martyrdom of Hazrat Husein (RA) at Karbala that the Bani Fatima household (progeny of Hazrat Bibi Fatima (Rad.Anhu) and the other children of Hazrat Ali (Rad.Anhu) from his other wives, were all arrested and exiled to Damascus. The rest of them who did not accompany Imam Husein (Rad.Anhu) to Karbala lived and spent their time around the precincts of the tomb of the Prophet of Islam (Peace be on him). After some time those exiled to Damascus returned to Medina and some went to Egypt.

So it was during the rule of Yazeed that the Prophet's (Peace be on him) household had to migrate to other lands. The rest of the descendants of Bani Fatima (Rad.Anhu) and Hazrat Ali (Rad.Anhu) who lived in Egypt and nearby lands had to leave for Turkistan and Iran due to the persecution of Hujjaj bin Yusuf Safaqi, a corrupt and tyrannical ruler, under whose rule thousands were killed or massacred. In Iran the tomb of Hazrat Imam Ali Musa Raza (Rad.Anhu), who was martyred, still stands as a reminder that they had migrated to and lived in the plains of Iran.

As time went by the descendeds of Hazrat Ali (Rad.Anhu) migrated and resettled in other lands such as Bukhara and Hamadhan in Turkistan, Baghdad in Iraq - a border between Turkistan and Iran. Some migrated to Khurasan and others to Herat in the mountainous regions of present day Afghanistan.

After the heartbreaking events of Karbala, the descendents of Hazrat Bibi Fatima (Rad.Anhu) passed the rest of their lives in seclusion and solitude in the remembrance of Allah. And the rest of the offspring of Hazrat Ali (Rad.Anhu) from the Aloewi/Hashimi clan, showing off their valor, passed onto Herat and other cities, subduing and overcoming the highlands and mountainous country further south in the Indo-Pak subcontinent.