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Uthman, who was very angry with Abu Dharr's repeated protests, issued a decree to exile him to "Rabazeh", who was then a ninety years old,<ref>Majlisi, Muhammad Baqer.(1982). Behar al-Anwar, Beirut: Darolhayat al-Turas al-Arabi</ref>and ordered that no one should chase him away, and no one dared to do so, but when this news reached Ali (a.s.), together with his brother Aqeel, his sons Hassan and Hussein (peace be upon them), and the great companion of the Messenger of God (peace be upon him and his family), Ammar Yaser, they escorted Abu Dharr to the gates of Medina, and with this action, they questioned the order of his exile and approved of Abu Dharr's actions<ref>Ibn Abi al-Hadid.(1965) Sharh Nahj al-Balagha, Beirut: Darolhayat al-Turas al-Arabi</ref>. | Uthman, who was very angry with Abu Dharr's repeated protests, issued a decree to exile him to "Rabazeh", who was then a ninety years old,<ref>Majlisi, Muhammad Baqer.(1982). Behar al-Anwar, Beirut: Darolhayat al-Turas al-Arabi</ref>and ordered that no one should chase him away, and no one dared to do so, but when this news reached Ali (a.s.), together with his brother Aqeel, his sons Hassan and Hussein (peace be upon them), and the great companion of the Messenger of God (peace be upon him and his family), Ammar Yaser, they escorted Abu Dharr to the gates of Medina, and with this action, they questioned the order of his exile and approved of Abu Dharr's actions<ref>Ibn Abi al-Hadid.(1965) Sharh Nahj al-Balagha, Beirut: Darolhayat al-Turas al-Arabi</ref>. | ||
And after living for a while in the waterless and grassless desert of Rabazeh, he built a mosque there. After this incident, Muawiyah also expelled Abu Dharr's family from the city and they all went to | And after living for a while in the waterless and grassless desert of Rabazeh, he built a mosque there. After this incident, Muawiyah also expelled Abu Dharr's family from the city and they all went to him<ref>Tabari, Muhammad ibn Jarir, History of Tabari, Vol. 3, p. 336</ref>. | ||
Even in Rabazeh, a terrible place of exile and a scorching desert, Abu Dharr remained steadfast in his beliefs and ideals and constantly proclaimed the legitimacy of the Imamate of Ali (a.s.) and true Islam<ref>Al-Alfaqih, Sheikh Muhammad Jawad.Abu Dharr Ghefari (The Awakened Conscience of Mankind), translated by Houshang Ojaqi,Tehran: Afaq Publishing House</ref>. | Even in Rabazeh, a terrible place of exile and a scorching desert, Abu Dharr remained steadfast in his beliefs and ideals and constantly proclaimed the legitimacy of the Imamate of Ali (a.s.) and true Islam<ref>Al-Alfaqih, Sheikh Muhammad Jawad.Abu Dharr Ghefari (The Awakened Conscience of Mankind), translated by Houshang Ojaqi,Tehran: Afaq Publishing House</ref>. |