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Sulaymân ibn Surad was member of the Huzâ tribe. Good relations between his tribe and Muslims were influential in his coversion to Islam. Suleymân ibn Surad, who lived in the city of Medinah the reign of Prophet (pbuh) and Abu Bakr, he was moved to the city of Kufah, which was established in the Iraq region during the reign of Omar. He was a well-known person in the city of Kufah. Especially he became one of the names that voiced the compalints of the people the city about current administration during the Othman period. He was recognized as an opponent of the Umayyads, who sided with him and fought together during the Ali period. Muawiyah ibn Abî Sufyân was closely followed, but despite this Suleymân ibn Surad continued his oppositional stance. He objected to Muawiyah ibn Abî Sufyân’s allegiance to his son Yazîd. As a matter of fact, when Yazîd ibn Muawiyah became the caliph, He was the leader of the people who invited Husayn to the city of Kufah. However, he was among those who left Husayn and his supporters alone. After the Karbala incident, repentant Suleymân ibn Surad and his friends who shared the same feeling started a movement known as “Penitents” in the Iraq region for the forgiveness of their sins. This study delas with the formation process of the movement, its structure, emergenced and ended. It also aims to reveal the importance and role played by a chrarismatic leader Suleymân bin Surad and “Penitents” movement.

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