The fall of the Umayyad dynasty who ruled the Islamic empire a few years after the demise of the holy Prophet Muhammad.

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3. The 2 families from the tribe of Quraysh
Great
grandfather
Abd Manaf
Umayya
AbuSufyan
Muawia
Yazid
Marwan Uthman
Abdul Muttalib
Abdulla Abu Talib
Rasulallah (s)
Imam Ali (s)
Hashim
Banu Ummayya
(sons of Umayya)
Banu Hashim
(sons of Hashim)
Bibi Fatima (s)
Imams
&family of
Rasulallah

4. Because of hatred of Imam Ali, Muawia
fought both Imam Ali (s) and Imam
Hasan (s).
That is also the reason why Yazid killed
Imam Husain (s) in Karbala.
The Banu Umayya were Idol
worshippers
The Banu Hashim
Worshipped one God
Under Abu Sufyan, the Banu
Umayya rejected the message of
Islam from Rasulallah (saw)
They attacked the Muslims and
wanted to destroy Rasulallah (saw)
Rasulallah , Imam Ali, Sayyeda Fatima
and all the Imams were all from the
The Banu Hashim
Imam Ali (as) defended Islam
when the Bani Umayya attacked
the Muslims. Imam Ali (as) killed
many of the Banu Umayya in
battle
Imam Ali stood on Rasulallah’s
shoulder and cleared the Kaaba of the
idols

5. IMAM ALI (S)
IMAM HASAN (S)
IMAM HUSAYN (S)
IMAM SAJJAD (S)
IMAM BAQIR (S) FOLLOWED BY 7 IMAMS
RASULALLAH(SAW) WANTED THE MUSLIMS TO BE RULED BY THE 12 AIMMAH
THE FIRST BEING HIS SUCCESSOR-IMAM ALI (S) AND THE LAST BEING
IMAM MEHDI (S)
We Shias
believe
that these
are the
true
leaders of
Islam

6. After Rasulallah (s) passed away, some Muslims elected
Abu Bakr as the first Khaliph
AbuBakr was not appointed by Allah(swt) and Rasulallah(s)
These Muslims ignored the announcement at Ghadeer where
Prophet Muhammad (s) said
"For whoever I am his Leader 'Ali is his
Leader."
The Muslims were now ruled by the Khilafah system of Caliphs.
The first Caliph was Abu bakr , followed by Umar and Uthman.
Sunni Muslims believe Imam Ali (s) as the 4th Caliph
We Shia believe what Allah and Rasulallah (s) commanded
us to follow that Imam Ali (s) was the First imam and leader of
Muslims after Rasulallah (s).

7. KHALIFA
POLITICAL LEADERSHIP
IMAM
SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP
ABU BAKR-ELECTED BY A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO DID
NOT OBEY RASULALLAH’S COMMAND AT GHADEER
UMAR- APPOINTED BY ABUBAKR
UTHMAN-SELECTED BY A COMMITEE
IMAM HASAN (S) Ruled for 7 months.
IMAM ALI (S) The people forced Imam Ali to become their Leader after Uthman
YAZID –APPOINTED BY HIS FATHER MUAWIA
MUAWIYA- became Khalifa after The peace treaty. He accepted the treaty , but
later broke all conditions. He also bribed Imam Hasan’s wife to poison him

8. Where does it say in the Quran that
Allah appointed Imams as leaders?
ْ‫م‬ُ‫ه‬ْ‫ن‬ِ‫م‬ ‫ا‬َ‫ن‬ْ‫ل‬َ‫ع‬َ‫ج‬َ‫و‬
‫ة‬َّ‫م‬ِ‫ئ‬َ‫أ‬
َ‫ل‬ ‫ا‬َ‫ن‬ ِ
‫ر‬ْ‫م‬َ‫أ‬ِ‫ب‬ َ‫ُون‬‫د‬ْ‫ه‬َ‫ي‬ ً
‫و‬ُ‫ي‬ ‫ا‬َ‫ن‬ِ‫ت‬‫ا‬َ‫ي‬َ‫ا‬ِ‫ب‬ ‫وا‬ُ‫ن‬‫ا‬َ‫ك‬َ‫و‬ ‫وا‬ُ‫ر‬َ‫ب‬َ‫ص‬ ‫ا‬َّ‫م‬
َ‫ون‬ُ‫ن‬ِ‫ق‬
“And We appointed from among them
leaders (imams) who guided (people)
by Our command, when they endured
patiently, and they were certain of
Our signs.”
Sura Sajdah 32:24

9. Muawia son of Abu Sufyan
Muawia was appointed governor of Syria by
Umar.
Muawia was corrupt and used public money to
buy loyalty from people
Muawia also ordered every mosque in Syria to
abuse Imam Ali every Friday during Juma
prayers
When Imam Ali (s) became the ruler, he tried
to remove the corrupt Muawia, but Muawia
refused and fought the imam in battle of Siffin.
Muawia also fought Imam Hasan (s). He
bribed Imam Hasan’s army to leave the
Imam. Imam was left with very few
supporters and had to make a peace
treaty.
Muawia killed many innocent people.
He also bribed Imam Hasan’s wife Joda to
poison the Imam

10. Muawia appointed his son
Yazid as the next Caliph.
Yazid was a sinner, a
drunkard, and gambler .
Yazid was responsible for
killing imam Husayn (s) in
Karbala.
Yazid sent his army to
attack Mecca and Madina,
killing many people and
almost destroying the
Kaaba
YAZID SON OF MUAWIA

11. Marwan Ibn al-Hakam was open enemy against the
Ahlulbayt . When he heard the news of the killing of
Imam Hussain (S), he went to Rasulallah’s (SAW) grave
and said “as you killed us in Badr we have killed your
Grandson Husain”

12. Abd al-Malik was responsible for poisoning
Imam Zayn ul abedin (s)
He apointed Hajjaj as governor. Hajjaj’s most
pleasurable hours were spent torturing to death
any of the friends and supporters of Imam Ali
Abd el Malik Marwan

13. The fall of the Umayyads
The Bani Abbas – were
descendants of Rasulallah’s
uncle Abbas .
The Bani Abbas attracted
people on their side
by claiming they were
fighting for the Ahlulbayt.
The Bani Abbas with
support from Shias
defeated the Umayyads
during the time of Imam
Jaffer Al Sadiq (s)
After taking power, The Bani Abbas, Broke their promise and began
harassing and killing the Shias. The Bani abbas oppressed and
imprisoned Imam Musa Al Kadhim (s) and all his followers

14. Lessons learnt
The Banu Ummaya were
related to the Bani Hashim
The Banu Umayya
were idol
worshippers, who
were just after power.
They hated Rasulallah
and his family.
When they became
Caliphs, they openly
sinned and
committed cruel acts
After Rasulallah, 2 types of leadership developed
1. Political leadership or Khilafa
– Followed by Sunni Muslims
2. Imamah- spiritual
leadership- followed by Shia
Muslims The Bani Abbas ended
The Banu Umayyah
leadership 132 AH
during the time of
Imam Jaffer Sadiq (s)