Imam Ali and Zubayr:from Convergence to divergence

Subject Areas : Epistemological and methodological researcher of historical research

ali  nazemiyan ¹ (دانشیار گروه تاریخ، دانشگاه فردوسی مشهد)
yasamin  hatam ² (کارشناس ارشد تاریخ تشیع)

Received: 2016-02-09 Accepted : 2016-02-09 Published : 2015-01-21

Keywords: convergence, Imam Ali, The Prophet era, Zubayr, Divergence, Battle of the Camel.  ,

Abstract :

Ali b. Abi Talib and Zubayr b. Awwam who were the forerunners in accepting Islam and the elites of their era, spent a part of their ideological and political life- from Meccan times until the Uthman’s Caliphate- with good understanding and convergence but in the first days of Imam Ali’s  caliphate,their relationship inclined to coolness and finally went to war near Basrah. The question which the current study tries to find an answer to it -under the descriptive and analytic method- is: How did their convergence change into divergence?The findings of this study shows: The material nobility resulting from Islamic conquests changed the ethics and morals of  some  companions  and directed them to mammonish.Finally,the claims of Zubayr were increased but as Imam Ali did not provide them,their relationship became disturbed.