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And Once Again Abu Dhar Ali Shariati

AND ONCE AGAIN ABU DHAR

Abu Dhar, who was the fourth or fifth person who joined Islam, and whose sword had been most effective in assisting the progress of the Islamic movement, saw this deviation.

‘AM, the image of piety and truth, became isolated and the enemies of Islam had found their way into the Caliphate organization and, like termites, they were eating away at Islam.

Each of the liberated truth-seekers was driven into a corner and silenced.

 The day when Abu Bakr pushed Ali aside from the political scene, and he himself sat upon the throne of the Caliphate, Abu Dhar became anxious and terrified.

 The future of Islam was black, to his mind, and appeared to be frightful, but he still saw that, at any rate, the caravan of Islam still progressed on its main course and even though an important rightful claim was being disregarded, the Islamic system had not been torn apart.

Even though he was incensed and boiling with indignation, he put the seal of silence on his lips.

When the regime of ‘Uthman dominated Islam, the humiliated working masses and the helpless were suppressed under the heels of usurers, slave merchants, the wealthy, and aristocrats who were coming and going in the courts of ‘Uthman and Mua’wiyah.

Class differences and the concentration of wealth were revived;

Islam, threatened with a great danger, was changed from the situation of the Prophet and the simplicity and unpretentiousness of Abu Bakr and ‘Umar, who were living like average people or even like the poor and needy.

Thousands of dinars were spent to build a Green Palace for the Islamic governor Mua’wiyah and a regime was established which was like a king’s court.