Hadith 103

if your separation was with Truth, so you have both broken that Truth by separating from me-asws later one, and if your separation from them was with falsehood, so the sin of that falsehood has occurred upon you both, along with the new events which you two invented, along with that your dealing with your separation from the people did not happen except due to the greed of the world which you both desired, and these are your words, ‘You-asws cut-off our hopes’, not faulting me of anything from my-asws Religion, by the Praise of Allah-azwj. And as for that which turned me-asws from maintaining relationships with you two, so it is that which turned you from the Truth and carried you upon loosening from your reins just as the stubborn animal loosens its reins. And He-azwj is my-asws Lord-azwj. I-asws do not associate anything with Him-asws, therefore do not be saying, ‘He-asws is of less benefits and weaker in defence’, for you would be deserving of the label of Shirk (Association with Allah-azwj) and along with the (label of) hypocrisy. And as for your words that I-asws am the bravest of the horsemen of the Arabs and your fleeing from my-asws curse and my-asws supplication, so for every stance there is a deed. When the spears clash and the manes of the cavalry horses toss about and your chests fill up with your fears, so that is when Allah-azwj Suffices me-asws with the perfection of the heart. And as for when you two disdained me-asws from supplicating to Allah-azwj, so you should not be panicking if a sorcerer man were to supplicate against you from the people of the sorcery which you two are claiming as. O Allah-azwj! Chastise Al-Zubeyr with the most evil of killings and Shed his blood upon straying, and Make Talha to know the disgrace, and Hoard for the two of them in the Hereafter more evil than that, if they have both oppressed me-asws and forged upon me-asws, and concealed their testimonies, and disobeyed You-azwj and disobeyed Your-azwj Rasool-saww regarding me-asws! . Say Ameen! ’ Khidash said, ‘Ameen! ’. Then Khidash said to himself, ‘By Allah-azwj! I have not seen a beard (bearded man) at all with clearer censures than you-asws, bearing arguments, parts of which break the other parts. Allah-azwj has not Made greed to be in it. By Allah-azwj, I hereby disavow from both of them’. Ali-asws said: ‘Return to them and let them know of what you said’. He said, ‘No, by Allah-azwj, not until you-asws ask Allah-azwj that he return me back to you-asws quickly and that He-azwj should Incline me to His-azwj Pleasure regarding you-asws’. He-asws did, and it was not long before he left and was killed with him-asws (fighting against his-asws enemies) on the Day of the Camel (the battle of Al-Basra). May Allah-azwj have Mercy on him’’. [117]