Wars in the time of Imam Ali

After people swore allegiance with Imam Ali (peace be upon him), all of the governors and appointed agents of Uthman surrendered or got away against the actions of Hazrat Ali (peace be upon him). Hazrat Ali (peace be upon him) appointed righteous and conscious persons. However, the governor of Sham disobeyed Imam Ali (peace be upon him) and violated rules and made riot and discord. Moavie Bin Abi Sofyan was appointed as the governor of Sham since the caliphate of Umar Bin Khatab and reinforced the foundations of his government. Although the people had selected Imam Ali (peace be upon him) as a governor, he stood against this selection of the people and revolted. He disobeyed the order of Imam Ali (peace be upon him) with making excuse of the murder Uthman Bin Efan. Hazrat Ali sent some letters to him and he answered them. Finally, he never obeyed Hazrat Ali (peace be upon him) and to express his animosity with Imam Ali (peace be upon him), he assaulted Iraq. Imam Ali (peace be upon him) also led his troop and companions from Kufa toward Sham in the Shavval fifth in 36 Gh.
Imam Ali (peace be upon him) appointed Abu Masud Aghabe Bin Amer Ansari as his successor and left Kofa along with his devout troop. Hazrat Ali went from Kufa toward Medina and then from Medina toward Anbar. Afterwards, he moved toward Reghe and during this travel, a lot of troops joined him. The people of Reghe founded a large bridge on the Forat River in Manbaj according to the order of Malek Ashar Nakhei and the troop of Imam Ali ( peace be upon him) passed through the bridge and faced to the troop of Moavie Bin Abu Sofyan. Finally, a large war happened among them in the early days of Safar Month in 37 Gh.

Today is the anniversary of the entrance of Moslem Ibn Aghil to Kufa. After the people of Kufa invited Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) and sent a number of letters to him and requested him to come Kufa and to take the responsibility of the leadership of revolt against Yazid Bin Moavie, Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) sent his cousin, Moslem Bin Aghil (peace be upon him), to the people of Kufa through writing a letter.
Moslem Bin Aghil (peace be upon him) left Mecca in the fifteen of Ramadan in 60 Gh. Then he went to Medina. He also revisited his family and visited the sacred grave of the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants). Afterwards, he moved toward Kufa and entered the large city of Kufa in the Shavval fifth at the same year. He resided in the house of Mokhtar Bin Abi Ubeide Saghafi that was one of belligerent Shias and the severe opponents of Bani Omaye.
When sincere and radical Shias of Kufa informed of the presence of Moslem Bin Aghil as the representative and the ambassador of Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) in this city, they rushed toward him in groups and welcome him.
When some of them circled in the presence of Moslem (peace be upon him), he read the letter of Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) for them, they listened to it carefully and started crying due to their high enthusiasm for visiting Imam Hussein.
After the people of Kufa got ready, Moslem Bin Aghil (peace be upon him) had them swear allegiance Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) and eighteen persons of radical people of Kufa swore allegiance with him in the early days of the entrance of Moslem.
Moslem Bin Aghil wrote a letter to Imam Hussein (peace be upon him), informed him of the condition of Kufa and the allegiance of people with him and requested him to come over Kufa and to undertake the leadership of people personally.
Today is the anniversary of preparing the crown of Belgheis by Asef Ibn Barkhia according to the order of Hazrat Soleiman. Asef Bin Barkhia, the minister of Hazrat Soleiman, was a pious and devout man and studied a lot. No one knew Turat as well as him. He was as philosophical as only Hazrat Suleiman was his master.
One day Hazrat Soleiman looked at the parliament and saw that the shaft of the sun had fallen on the crown and an empty place for hoopoe among birds was felt. Hazrat Suleiman stated '' Hoopoe has not done his duty well. When he arrives, I will punish him if he does not have any excuses.
When hoopoe came back, he was summoned. The reason for not coming was that he was at a journey toward Saba and stayed there for a while. However, he had brought news that was beneficial for Suleiman. In Saba, he informed that a woman was a queen with such a name and he did not see any men and if this woman believed in God, he would be qualified to marry Hazrat Suleiman.
Therefore, Hazrat Suleiman forgave hoopoe and ordered to write a letter with the name of God for the queen of Saba City ''this letter is from Hazrat Suleiman; believe in God or you will be punished''.
When Belgheis, the queen of Saba City, read the letter and consulted with his tribe. They said '' we send a lot of presents to apologize Hazrat Suleiman''. Then Belgheis provided some precious presents that included seven golden diamonds, seven silver diamonds and seven curtains made of gold and sent them to Hazrat Suleiman and wrote that they were not rebellious, but they wanted to have the way of their own living.
Fays informed Hazrat Suleiman that the persons sent by Belgheis had arrived with presents on the way. Hazrat Suleiman ordered to pave all over the place of the meeting with gold and silver, to cover the pillars with jewelry and to hang seven thousand curtains made of gold. When they observed all of magnificence and wealth, they became ashamed of their presents. Then Hazrat Suleiman stated '' we need noting from the materials of the world. Whatever God has granted us is thousand times better than what you have sent to us. However, you should believe in God in order to eradicate blasphemy; otherwise, my troop is ready to destroy all over Saba Country and to debase the unbelievers. We do not want kingdom, but we want to guide you to a right path''.
When Belgheis got informed of these remarks, she said '' it is clear that these remarks are more important than what we thought. It is better to visit Hazrat Suleiman and know what I should do''. Therefore, she arranged to travel there in order to visit him. Divan had informed Suleiman '' although she can order others, she is not wise enough and her legs are hairy like barbarians''.
Then Suleiman ordered to build a castle below the crown and had a shallow stream flow around it and a crystal ceiling on water as everybody that arrived there imagined passing through the water. Then Suleiman asked the servants '' who can bring the crown of Belgheis from the Saba City before she arrives?
Divan and fays said '' we will bring the crown before she stands it up''. Asef Bin Barkhia said '' I can bring it sooner than it; I can bring it in the blink of an eye. Then he prepared the crown of Belgheis. Hazrat Suleiman ordered to change the crown little and they prepared it. When Belgheis arrived and came down the horse, he guided him to the castle. Since she did not see the crystal ceiling above the stream, she thought that she should pass the water. She pulled up the skirt and Suleiman saw her calf that was not hairy.
Then Belgheis became ashamed of observation of the crystal ceiling above the ceiling. She entered the castle and when she saw her own crown, she recognized it and said '' it seems that it is my crown although it is surprising that it is here. It turned out that she was conscious of around her. When the wealth of Suleiman revealed for Belgheis, I tyrannized myself; now I will become a Muslim. Suleiman praised the decency of Belgheis and he married her. She wrote to her tribe '' they accept the religion of Suleiman; some of them believed in God and saved and others became rebellious and vagabond.

Huron that was one of the Abasi Caliphs lived in the time of Hazrat Kazem (peace be upon him). Since Huron was afraid of the interest of the people toward Imam Kazem and his authority, he had some persons keep him informed of whatever happened around the house of Imam Kazem (peace be upon him).
He was really afraid of the interest of people toward Imam Kazem and his religious authority.
The religious authority of Imam Kazem (peace be upon him) in the government was as much as Ali Bin Yaghtin (the minister of the Abasi Government) was the lover of Hazrat Musa Bin Jafar ( peace be upon him) and obeyed his orders.
Finally, the criticism of others about Imam Kazem (peace be upon him) influenced Huron and in his trip to Hajj in 179 Heijrat, he understood the religious greatness of Imam Kazem and his respect among people; therefore, he became really worried. When he came to Medina and visited the luminous grave of the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants), he decided to arrest Imam Kazem (peace be upon him).
When it was decided that Hazrat Kazem (peace be upon him) was brought from Medina to Basre, Huron ordered to tie several palanquins to the palanquin of Imam Kazem and to take some of them in other paths in order that people could not understand where and with what persons Imam Kazem was taken and they could not guess the place that he was going to be exiled. In this way, they could prevent from the hopelessness of the people and did not let people riot in the absence of their leader. All of these events represent how afraid the government was for the presence of Imam Kazem (peace be upon him) among the people. Huron exiled Imam Kazem (peace be upon him) from Medina prudently and Imam Kazem (peace be upon him) was sent from a prison to another one for several years. Surprisingly, after Imam Kazem (peace be upon him) was martyred, since Imam had a great personality, Huron emphasized that Hazrat Musa Bin Jafar (peace be upon him) was not poisoned, but he passed away naturally.
In the Ohod War, the troop of Ghoreish Tribe got away in the first stage of the war and the persons under the headship of Abdullah Bin Jobeir left their deployment in order to gain the treasures of war although Abdullah reminded them the order of the prophet ( peace be upon him and his descendants). However, they did not pay attention to them and sent over forty persons that had fallen from the hills to gain treasures.
Khaled Bin Valid attacked the Muslims. After they killed a group that was lying in the ambush, they assaulted toward the Muslims from behind the front. In such time, one of women from the Ghoreish Tribe with the name '' Umre Bin Alghame'' raised the flag in order to encourage the soldiers; therefore, the condition of the war changed. When the Ghoreish Tribe came to the battlefield, the arrangement of the lines of war disorganized, the connection of headship was cut with other persons, the Museums failed and about seventy persons from the soldiers of the Islam were martyred such as Hamze Bin Abd Al-Motalab and Moseab Bin Amir the guardian of the flag of the troop of the Islam.

On the other hand, because there was a rumor that the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) was killed, most of the Muslims lost their hope and under the pressure of the new troop of polytheists, most of the Muslims retracted and dispersed. In the battlefield, few persons stayed beside the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) and critical moments arrived in the history of the Islam.
The prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) observed a group of the polytheists that got ready to attack. Hazrat Ali (peace be upon him) attacked them according to the order of the prophet and when he killed some of them, he provided a chance for them to get away.
The messenger of God stated '' he is my family and I am from his family. In such time, a voice was heard from the sky that he said
لا فَتى اِلاّ عَلِىّ، لا سَیفَ اِلاّ ذُو الفَقار