Hadith 12

had died at Al-Kufa, returning from Siffeen, and he was from the most beloved of the people to him-asws: ‘Even if a mountain had loved me-asws, it would have disintegrated’’. [24]
(The book) ‘Nahj (Al Balagah)’ –
‘And from a Hadeeth of Zirar Bin Zamrah Al-Zibabi at his entering to see Muawiya, and his asking him about Amir Al-Momineen-asws. He said, ‘I testify that I had seen him-asws in one of his pausing, and the night had loosened its ropes, and he-asws was standing in his-asws prayer-niche, holding on to his-asws beard, groaning like the groaning of the one bitten (by a snake), and crying the cry of the grief-stricken and saying: O world! O world! Keep away from it, is it me-asws you are deceiving! ? Or to me-asws you are being desirous! ? The time is not your time. Someone else! Someone else! There is no need for me-asws regarding you, and I-asws have already divorced you thrice, there is no (scope of) return in it. Your life is short, and your importance is little, and your aspirations are lowly. Aah! From the scarcity of the provision, and the lengthy road, and remoteness of the journey, and greatness of the resource, and the roughness of the lying place (grave)’’. [25]
(The book) ‘Nahj (Al Balagah) –
‘May Allah-azwj have Mercy on Khabbab, for he had become a Muslim desirously, and emigrated willingly, and lived as a fighter’’. [26]
(The book) ‘Nahj (Al Balagah)’ –
‘And he-asws said regarding those who had isolated away from fighting alongside him-asws: ‘They abandoned the truth and did not help the falsehood’’. [27]
(The book) ‘Nahj (Al Balagah) –
‘And he-asws said: ‘Not everyone captivated (by the Fitna) can be faulted’’. [28]
He said, ‘And it is reported from Ali-asws having said: ‘The one most lying of the people upon Rasool-Allah-saww is Abu Hureyra Al-Dowsy’’. [29]
He said, ‘And it is reported that on the day the (severed) head of Al-Husayn-asws arrive to Marwan at Al-Medina, and on that day he was their governor, he ascended the pulpit and addressed, then he threw the (head) towards the grave of the Prophet-saww and said: ‘O Muhammad-saww! A day for the day of Badr! ’’[30]
He said, ‘And a group of our elders of Baghdad mentioned that a number of the companions, and the Tabi’een had turned away from Ali-asws, concealing of his-asws virtues out of love for the world, from them is Anas Bin Malik. Ali-asws adjured in Al-Rahba: ‘Which ones of you have heard Rasool-Allah-saww saying: ‘One whose Master I-saww was, so Ali-asws is his Master’? ’ Twelve men stood up and testified with it, and Anas Bin Malik did not stand. Ali-asws said to him: ‘O Anas! What prevented you from testifying, and you had witnessed it? ’
He said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen-asws! My age is old and I forgot’. He-asws supplicated against him with leprosy. He had not covered with the turban and he (Anas) was afflicted with it. He (the narrator) said, ‘And from the ones who had denied that day was Zayd Bin Arqam. He-asws supplicated against him with the blindness, and his eyes lost their sight. They said, ‘And Al-Ash’as Bin Qays and Jaree