Hadith 48

nions after the deaths of their good ones and they had fought them in Jihad against the enemies of Allah-azwj and their enemies upon their insights. They thought that the son of the liver-eater, there is loyalty for him with what he was calling to. So, they listened to his call and accepted in their entirety in answering him. I-asws let them know that it is a plot from him and from Ibn Al-Aas with him, and they were both closer to the breaking from them than to the loyalty. But they did not accept my-asws words and did not obey my-asws orders, and they refused except to answer him, whether I-asws hated it or liked it or refused, to the extent that some of them took with the words of others that if I-asws did not do so, they would join me with (Usman) Ibn Affan, or they would hand it (caliphate) over to the son of Hind in its entirety. I-asws struggled. Allah-azwj Knows my-asws struggle, and I-asws did not leave any reason within myself-asws except I-asws delivered it that they would remove me-asws and my-asws view. But they did not do so, and I-asws instructed them upon the patience a measurement of hiccups of the camel, or sprinting of the horse, but they did not answer, apart from this sheykh’ – and he-asws gestured with his-asws hand towards Al-Ashtar, and a party from my-asws family members. By Allah-azwj! Nothing prevented me-asws from continuing upon my-asws insight except fear that these two would be killed’ – and he-asws gestured by his-asws hand towards Al-Hassan-asws and Al-Husayn-asws – ‘And the lineage of Rasool-Allah-saww and his-saww offspring would be cut off from his-saww community, and fearing that this one and this one would be killed’ – and he-asws gestured by his-asws hand towards Abdullah son of Ja’far-as, and Muhammad Bin Al-Hanafiyya, may Allah-azwj be Pleased with them both. ‘I-asws knew, had it not been for my-asws position, they would not pause at that pausing, so for that (reason) I-asws observed patient upon what the people wanted, along with what had preceded regarding it from the Knowledge of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic. When we raised our swords from the people, they decided regarding the affairs and chose the decisions, and the opinions, and they neglected the Qurans and what they had (initially) called to, from the Judgment of the Quran, and I-asws had not judged anyone in the religion of Allah-azwj when the adjudication regarding that was the mistake which there is no doubt in it, nor doubtful. When they refused except that, I-asws wanted to make a man from my-asws family members as a judge, or a man I-asws agreed with his view, and his intellect, and I trusted his advice, and his cordiality, and his religion. I-asws did not name anyone except the son of Hind refused from it, nor did I-asws call to anything from the truth except he turned around from it. And the son of Hind came blaming us for abuse of authority, and that was not except due to my-asws companions following him upon that. When they refused except that they would overcome me-asws upon the arbitration, I-asws disavowed to Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic from them and delegated that to them. They collared it to a man whom Ibn Al-Aas deceived with a deception appearing in the east of the earth and its west, and the deceived appeared regretful upon it’’. [166]