A Critical Analysis of the Article of "A Study on the Relationships between Motavakkel, the Abbasid Caliph, and the Alawites"

An article was published in the Journal of Islamic History Studies No. 17, by the name "A Study on the Relationships between Motavakkel, the Abbasid Caliph, and the Alawites." This article questioned and made doubts about some of the most famous historical facts about Mutawakkil such as, being a Nasibi, anti-Alawi, destructing and plowing up the grave of Imam Hussain (as), Nasibi's killing of Ibn-Sikit, insulting, ridiculing and animosity to Amir al-Mu’minn Ali (as) and so on. The hypothesis of the present study is that, the aforesaid article has fallen into wrong conclusion, due to many errors, especially in the scope of methodology, analysis, dealing with sources and historical reports, and unprofessional approach of the authors to the history of Islam. So, to present a scientific judgment, the aforementioned article was analyzed, and more precisely it proved that, Mutawakkil was a Nasibi, which has committed the aforementioned crimes.