Hadith 34

And from Muharib Bin Saaida Al Iyadi who said, ‘I was in the presence of Muawiya and with him were the people of Syria, there wasn’t anyone else other than them, when he said, ‘O people of Syria! You have recognised my love for you all and my ways among you, and it has reached you the deeds of Ali-asws at Al-Iraq, and his-asws equating between the nobles and the ones whose worth is unknown’. A man from them said, ‘May Allah-azwj not Limit your corners, nor make you cry over your children, nor Show us your loss! ’ He said, ‘So what are you saying regarding Abu Turab-asws? ’ A man from them said what he wanted, and Muawiya was silent, and in his presence were Amro Bin Al-Aas, and Marwan Bin Al-Hakam. They both mentioned Ali-asws without truth (disrespectfully). A man from people of Al-Kufa who had entered with his people, at the back of the gathering, leapt up and said, ‘O Muawiya! You are asking people who are in their tyranny and blindness, and they are choosing the world over the Hereafter. By Allah-azwj! If you were to ask them about the Sunnah what they are establishing, so how would they recognise Ali-asws and his-asws merits? Face towards me, I will inform you, then neither you nor the one on your right, meaning Amro, will be able to deny’. By Allah-azwj! Lofty are his-asws kith, long are his-asws pillars. Allah-azwj demolished the corruption by him-asws, and Destroyed the Shirk by him-asws, and Lowered by him-asws Satan-la and his-la friends, and Unhinged the tyranny by him-asws, and Manifested the justice by him-asws, and the leader of religion spoke, and he-asws made the resources to be good. And the darkness brightened, and the oppressed were helped by him-asws, and the foundations of hypocrisy were demolished by him-asws, and revenge was taken by him-asws from the oppressors, and the Muslims were honour by him like a breeze of Mercy following clouds, separating some from the others, until they adhered and became stronger, So it strengthens and thickens, [48: 29]. Then its results were achieved, and is lustre shined, and the falling of his-asws water thundered, so it quenched and saturated its thirst, and its gardens were drenched, and its pillars became independent by him-asws, and its spraying was more frequent, and its sprinkling was lasting, and its rains followed. The country was saturated and turned green and blossomed. That is Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws, chief of the Arabs, Imam-asws of the community, and its superior, and its most learned, and its most majestic, and its most decisive, clarifying the manner of guidance to the people after the striving in the annihilation. And, by Allah-azwj, whenever the affairs were doubtful, and audacious ones were terrified, and the eye-pupils reddened, and the anxieties were raised, and the lightning flashed its temper during that, and its prowess was recognised, and the cowards sought shelter with it panicking. Its sorrows were blown, and its community was protected, with his-asws view becoming needless from consultation of the ones with understanding by a solid view, and intelligent forbearance, responding to the correctness, being correct’. The people were silent, all of them, and Muawiya ordered with his expulsion. H