Hadith 7

(The book) ‘Rijaal’ of Al Kashy – It is reported from Ali Bin Al-Hassan Al Taweel, f rom Ali Bin Al Numan, from Abdullah Bin Muskan, from Abu Hamza, ‘From Abu Ja’far-asws having said: ‘A man from the companions of Al-Hassan-asws called Sufyan Bin Layli came, and he was upon a ride of his. He entered to see Al-Hassan-asws, and he-asws was sitting covered in his-asws cloak. He said to him-asws, ‘The greetings be unto you-asws, O humiliator of the Momineen! ’ Al-Hassan-asws said to him: ‘Descend, and do not be hasty’. He descended and tied his animal in the house and came walking until he ended up to him-asws. He (the narrator) said, ‘Al-Hassan-asws said to him: ‘What did you say? ’ He said, ‘I said, ‘The greetings be unto you-asws, O humiliator of the Momineen! ’’ He-asws said: ‘And what made you know of that? ’ He said, ‘You-asws had deliberated to a matter of the community (caliphate), then you vacated it from your-asws neck and collared it upon this tyrant to judge with other than what Allah-azwj has Revealed! ’
He (the narrator) said, ‘Al-Hassan-asws said to him: ‘I-asws shall inform you why I-asws did that. I‑asws heard my-asws father-asws saying: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘The days and the nights will not go by until the affairs of this community would be rule by a man of wide-open throat, wide of chest (belly). He will eat and will not be satiated’. And he is Muawiya, therefore I-asws did it. What have you come for? ’ He said, ‘Your-asws love’. He-asws said: ‘(By) Allah-azwj! ’ He said, ‘(By) Allah-azwj! ’ Al-Hassan-asws said: ‘By Allah-azwj! No servant will love us-asws ever, and even if he was a captive in Al-Daylam, except our-asws love would benefit him; and having our-asws love tends to drop the sins from the sons of Adam-as like what the wind tends to drop the leaves from the tree’’. [16]