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Al-Hajjaj busied the Muslims with fights on the borders. He tried to occupy the nearby countries and robbed them of their possessions. In the meantime, he wanted to kill the Muslims to get rid of them. For this reason, he ordered the Muslims to fight continuously.
One day, al-Hajjaj sent a big army to fight Ratbil, the Turkish King. Abid al-Rahman bin al-Ashath headed the army.
Abid al-Rahman defeated Ratbil. Then he sent a man to al-Hajjaj. The man said to him:
Abid al-Rahman wants to see the conquered lands. He has ceased fighting to refresh the fighters.
Still al-Hajjaj sent Abid al-Rahman a letter. In the letter, he condemned him. And he ordered him to go on fighting.
Abid al-Rahman understood al-Hajjaj's bad aims. So, he told his fighters about him.
The Muslims hated al-Hajjaj because he was unjust. Besides they hated Abid al-Malik bin Marwan because he appointed him ruler over them.
Abid al-Rahman revolted against al-Hajjaj. The fighters stood by him.
Abid al-Rahman came back to Iraq to topple the unjust ruler. The Muslims supported him.