Hadith 39

tongue will be cut off, and I-asws do not think there is any path for him in it any clearer when it is approached. By Allah-azwj! He (Usman) did not repent before they killed him, before his death, nor did he disclaim from his sins, nor did he offer any excuses to them, so they could have excused him, nor did he call so they could have helped him. And I-asws sear by Allah-azwj! I-asws shall fill up such a fountain (of war) for them, I-asws shall be its drawer (of its direction). They will neither (be able to) turn away from it in the wilderness nor with they be (able to) nibble its sweetness, ever! It has made me-asws feel good of myself-asws by the Argument of Allah-azwj against them and His-azwj knowledge regarding them. And I-asws am calling them, and they can be excuse if they were to repent, and accept, and answer, and be penitent, then the repentance is applicable and the truth is acceptable, and there isn’t any guarantor upon me-asws. And if they were to refuse, I-asws shall give them the edge of the sword and suffice with it as a healer from falsehood, and a helpers for the Momin. And with every Book there are its witnesses and it scribes. By Allah-azwj! Al-Zubeyr, and Talha, and Ayesha are knowing that I-asws am upon the truth and they are falsified’’. [40]
And it is reported by Al-Tabari in his history (not a Hadith), ‘Ali-asws was in his-asws wealth at Khyber when the people intended to besiege Usman. He-asws arrived at Al-Medina and the people had united upon Talha in his house. Usman sent a message to him-asws complaining of the affairs of Talha. He-asws said: ‘I-asws shall suffice him’. He-asws went to the house of Talha, and it was filled with people. He-asws said to him: ‘O Talha! What is this matter which you are doing with Usman? ’ Talha said, ‘O Abu Al Hassan-asws! Move away from touching the belt of the physicians’. Ali-asws left to go to the public treasury and ordered with its opening, but they could not find the key. He-asws broke the door and distributed whatever was in it upon the people, and they dispersed from the presence of Talha until he remained alone. Usman was cheered by that and Talha came to Usman and said to him, ‘O commander of the faithful! I intended a matter but Allah-azwj Blocked between me and it, and I have come to you repentant’. He said, ‘By Allah-azwj! You have not come repentant, but you have come after Allah-azwj Defeated your nobility, O Talha! ’’[41] (Non-Shia source)
And it is reported by Al-Tabari as well, ‘There used to be a (debt) for Usman upon Talha of fifty thousand. Talha said to him one day, ‘I have kept ready your wealth, so I shall fulfil it’. He said, ‘It is for you as an assistance upon you’. When Usman was besieged, Ali-asws said to Talha: ‘I-asws adjure you with Allah-azwj, if you could refrain from Usman’. He said, ‘No, by Allah-azwj, until the clan of Umayya gives the rights from their own selves’. After that, Ali-asws was saying: ‘May Allah-azwj Curse the son of difficult ones! Usman had given him the like what he had given him, and he did what had been done with him’’. [42]
And it is reported that Al-Zubeyr, when he came out for duel to Ali-asws on the day of (battle of) Jamal, he-asws said to him: ‘O servant of Allah-azwj! What carried you upon what you did? ’ He said, ‘I seek the blood of Usman’. He-asws said to him: ‘You are Talha were in-charge of it, and rather your repentance is that you should forward yourself and submit it to his (Usman’s) inheritors’’. [43] (Non-Shia source)