Hadith 34

Angel of death is in the air, and upon me is the head’. He said to him, ‘O Bedouin! Where are you coming from? ’ He said, ‘From the presence of the clean, the pure, to the hypocrite, the wicked’. He said to him, ‘O Bedouin! Will you not descend to the ground until we consult you? ’ He said, ‘By Allah-azwj! There are no Blessings in your consultations, nor does the like of my consult the likes of you’. They said, ‘O Bedouin! We will write to Yazeed-la with your news’, and in those days Yazeed-la was their heir-apparent. They wrote to him-la, ‘As for after, O Yazeed-la! A Bedouin has arrived to us from the presence of Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib. From him is a speaking tongue (eloquence). So, do not be angry, and be frequent and do not be tired. And the greetings’. When Yazeed-la read the letter, he ordered to frighten him, and that two guards stand for him at the door having the iron rods in their hands. When Al-Tirmah was in their midst, he said, ‘Who are they? It is as if they are servants of a king in the narrow streets in that state’. They said, ‘Keep quiet! They are there for Yazeed-la’. It was not long before Yazeed-la came out. When he-la looked at him, he-la said, ‘The greetings be upon you, O Bedouin! ’ He said, ‘the Giver of peace, the Granter of security, Guardian, [59: 23], upon the children of Amir Al-Momineen-asws’. He-la said, ‘The commander of the faithful conveys the greetings to you’. He said, ‘His-asws greetings are with me from Al-Kufa’. He-la said, ‘He presented the need to you’. He said, ‘As for the first of my need to him is that he should remove his soul from between his sides and he should stand up from his seat until there sits in it one who is rightful with it and foremost with it than him’. He-la said to him, ‘We shall enter to see him, so what is a means regarding you? ’ He said, ‘For that I have arrived’. He-la sought permission for him to see his-la father. When he entered to see Muawiya, and looked at Muawiya and the throne, he said, ‘The greetings be unto you, O you king! ’ He said, ‘And what prevented you from saying, ‘O amir al-momineen’? ’ He said, ‘We are the Momineen, so who made you the ruler over us? ’
He said, ‘Give me your letter’. He said, ‘I dislike stepping on your carpet’. He said, ‘Give it to my Vizier’. Treacherous is the Vizier and unjust is the ruler’. He said, ‘Give it to my slave’. He said, ‘An evil slave his master has bought from other than permissible (money), and he serves him in other than the obedience of Allah-azwj’. He said, ‘So, what is the means, O Bedouin? ’ He said, ‘A Momin like me will not cheat a hypocrite like you. Stand belittled and take it (yourself)’. Muawiya stood up belittled and took it from him. Then he opened it and read it, then said, ‘O Bedouin! How did you leave Ali-asws behind as? ’
He said, ‘By Allah-azwj! I left him-asws enduring, fighter, commanding, benevolent, brace, generous. He-asws does not meet any army except defeats it, nor any generation except they want him-asws, nor any castle except demolishes it’. He said, ‘How did you leave behind Al-Hassan-asws and Al-Husayn-asws? ’ He said, ‘I left them-asws, may the Salawaat of Allah-azwj be upon them both, as healthy, eloquent, benevolent, brave, g