There were constant bat¬tles between our ancestors and those who opposed them, thus opposing the wish of the people (ahl) of Yemen to be ruled by their lords and the sons of their Prophet, may God be pleased with them … They have no desire save to order the right and extirpate what is loathsome and reprehensible, to establish the Shari‘ah, set straight he who strays, and advise the ignorant …27