Reinvestigation of the Two Historical Problems on the Theory of the Government Seeking of Master of the Martyrs

The decoding of the purposes of Master of Martyrs in the uprising of ‘Ashura has developed in the last 50 years, especially after the victory of the Islamic Revolution, so thatm many scholars have been investigated in the whatness and whyness of this great event. Investigating of the various Shi’ite theories about the uprising of Master of Martyrs show that, two theories of government seeking and martyrdom seeking are more common than other theories. The supporters of these two theories have criticized each other. One of the most important critical questions of the criticizers of the theory of government seeking is that, why Imam (as) did not return to Hejaz after the martyrdom of Muslim ibn Aqeel, and why did Imam (as) left Mecca to Kufa with a two-week delay? Reinvestigation of the two foregoing historical problems, and analysis of the responses of the author of Shahid Javid, which is the only given responses in the last fifty years, this paper proves the inadequacy of the theory of government seeking, and calls for the revision of this theory, and believes that, the falsehood of this theory has already been proven upon the arrival of the news of the martyrdom of Muslim ibn Aqeel to Imam (as).