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The Peace He Chose: How Hasan ibn Ali Gave Away a Kingdom to Save a People

The Peace He Chose: How Hasan ibn Ali Gave Away a Kingdom to Save a People

Hikma, Narin

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ISBN13: 9798187036714
Publisher: Independently Published
Pages: 262
Weight: 0.78
Height: 0.55 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
What if the moment everyone called you weak was actually the bravest thing you ever did?

You know the feeling. The moment you walked away instead of fighting. The moment you gave something up rather than watch it destroy everyone around you. And the way people looked at you afterward - like you'd lost, like you'd caved, like you should have fought harder.

In the year 661, Hasan ibn Ali - grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, son of Ali, brother of Husayn - stood at the head of a caliphate he never asked for and watched his own army come apart in his hands. He had a choice: keep fighting a war he could not win without destroying the very people he was fighting for, or give up the throne his father had died defending. He chose to give it up. A crowd gathered on the road out of Kufa to tell him exactly what they thought of that choice.

Recognize the specific ache of being called a coward for the one decision that actually took courage

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