Hadith 29

Arabs? By Allah-azwj! No two parties met (in a battle) at all except their horseman could not defend (from him-asws). And how can he-asws be the most baffled of the Arabs? By Allah-azwj! No one has reached the peak of the eloquence apart from him-asws? ’
And when Umm Mihfan stood up from him, the meanest, and the stingiest, and the most cowardly, and most baffled, in order to slander his mother, he (Muawiya said), ‘By Allah-azwj! If you did not know, I would strike that which is in your eye, so beware of the Curse of Allah-azwj upon you, and the repeating to the like of this! ’
He said, ‘By Allah-azwj! You (Muawiya) are more unjust than me. So, upon which thing did you fight against him-asws and this is his-asws position? ’ He said, ‘Upon this ending of mine until, until he-asws exceeded my matter’. He said, ‘So that suffices you instead from the Wrath of Allah-azwj and the pain of His-azwj Punishment? ’ He said, ‘No, O Ibn Mihfan! But I do recognise from Allah-azwj what you are ignorant of, where He-azwj is saying: and My Mercy Extends to all things”. [7: 156]’’. [114]
And Al Zubeyr narrated from his men saying, ‘Ibn Abbas arrived to Muawiya, and he was wearing the worst of his clothes, lowered from his own glory due to his recognition that Muawiya used to dislike (anyone) prevailing to his glory, and there came the news to Muawiya of the expiry of Al-Hassan-asws Bin Ali-asws. He performed a Sajdah of thanks to Allah-azwj the Exalted, and manifested the cheerfulness in his face’ – in a lengthy Hadeeth mentioned by Al-Zubeyr, and mentioning from it the subject matter needed to him. ‘And he (Muawiya) permitted for the people and permitted for Ibn Abbas after them. He entered, and sought permission to see him, and he had known of his Sajdah. He said, ‘Do you know what has befallen with your family? ’ He said, ‘No’. He said, ‘Abu Muhammad (Al-Hassan-asws Bin Ali-asws), may Allah-azwj have Mercy on him-asws, as expired, so my Allah-azwj Magnify your Recompense’. He said, ‘We are for Allah and we are returning to Him [2: 156]! In the Presence of Allah-azwj is the Reckoning of the calamity with Rasool-Allah-azwj, and in the Presence of Allah-azwj is the Reckoning of the calamity with Al-Hassan-asws, may Allah-azwj have Mercy on him-asws. Your Performing your Sajdah has reached me, and I do not think that is except for his-asws expiry. By Allah-azwj! Neither will his-asws body fill up your grave nor will the expiration of his-asws term increase in your life-span, and for long we have been calmed from Al-Hassan-asws. Then Allah-azwj will Determine’. Muawiya said, ‘How many (years) had come for him-asws? ’ He said, ‘His-asws glory is greater than for his-asws birth to be ignored’. He said, ‘I reckon he-asws has a left young girl’. He said, ‘All of us were young, then became old’. Then he (Muawiya) said, ‘You have become the chief of your family’. He said, ‘But, as long as Allah-a