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who were his true
friends, and if he had persisted in his combat, all
of them would have been killed either in the war, or
at its conclusion they would have been annihilated by
Mu'awiyah in the name of avenging 'Uthman's blood. In
that case Mu'awiyah could in all tranquility of mind
carry on his assault upon the heart of the truth of
Islam, without meeting the smallest obstacle and check
in this course.
These points show that the only way of preserving true
Islam from the danger of alteration was a truce with
Mu'awiyah, and this was the way adopted by Imam al-Hasan
al-Mujtaba and he went ahead with it.
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