Samudera Darussalam wrote:
I'm not a Shia, but this.......
Hassan was an illegal Caliph? How? He is the son of Ali R.A., the grandson of the Prophet. As far as I know, he didn't make any significant movement by himself to challenge Muawiyah.
And to assume that Hussein would do that? Please, if there is a prove, show it.
Are we going back to the old day schism about who was, or is, the rightful heir after Ali again?
Unlike Mu'awiyyeh (and later Yazid), Husein and Hasan did not have the Biy'at of the Ummat. That makes them illegitimate. OF course, Yazid too was illegitimate, but only because he turned the Caliphate into a Heridetary monarchy, not because of how he was elected (his election is something even the Shia accept happened. The majority gave him their vote of support, and the majority didn't give Husein or Hassan that vote of support.). And he did make a movement. He even fought a battle for it, but decided not to pursue a war he knew he would lose when push came to shove.