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| | My Flag : Appendix III |
 | | This term is also seen in the tradition that, "Verily, Hussain bin Ali, leaving for Iraq, entrusted the book and his will (istawda al-kitab wa'l wasiyya) to Umm Salma, the widow of the Prophet, and when Imam Zayn al-Abidin returned to Medina, she handed these over to him." (al-Kafi, 1st vol., p. |
 | | Qais bin Sa'd was the first to swear allegiance (bayt) to Hasan on the day when Ali bin Abu Talib died, and it was followed by 40,000 Kufans, acclaiming him as the fifth caliph. |
 | | It was absolutely a temporal pledge of allegiance (bayt) to raise Hasan on power against Muawiya, but due to the disloyalty of the Kufans, he made a peace treaty and abdicated the power in favour of Muawiya. |
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