Hadith 29

re the people of the greatest suffering in this religion, and of its people, needless and worthy, until Allah-azwj Caused His-azwj Prophet-saww to pass away, him-saww being raised to (the skies), his-saww noble status lofty, pleased from Allah-azwj. After him-saww, (the clans of) Taym and Aday and the clan of Umayya pounced upon us, and you were guided by their guidance, and aimed with their aims. So, by the praise of Allah-azwj, we, People-asws of the Household, became among you to be at the status of the people of Musa-as among the people of Pharaoh-la. They were slaughtering their sons and letting their women live; and our chief (Ali-asws), after our Prophet-saww, became from you at the status of Haroun-as from Musa-as where he-as said: ‘Son of my mother! Surely the people weakened me and they almost killed me, [7: 150]. But no inclusion was gathered for us after Rasool-Allah-azwj, and no toil was eased for us, and our peak is the Paradise and your peak is the Fire’. Amro Bin Al-Aas said to her, ‘O you strayed old woman! Shorten your words and close your eyes’. She said, ‘And who are you? ’ He said, ‘I am Amro Bin Al-Aas’. She said, ‘O Ibn Al-Nabigha! Squat upon your ribs and turn a blind eye to your own tongue. What are you from Quraysh in the door of their affiliations nor of correct lineage, and five (men) from Quraysh had claimed you, all of them alleging that you were his son. And for long has your mother seen days from me at Makkah, earning the sins and weighing the Dirhams from every excited adulterous servant, and she committed adultery with our slaves. Thus, you are most suitable with them and they are most resembling with you. Cast lots between them’’. [113]
(The book) ‘Kashf Al Ghumma’, from ‘Kitab Al Muwaqafiqat’ of Al Zubeyr Bin Bakkar Al Zubeyri, narrating from his men, said, ‘Mihfan Bin Abu Mihfan Al-Zaby entered to see Muawiya. He said, ‘O Muawiya! I have come to you from the presence of meanest of the Arabs, and the most baffled of the Arabs, and the most cowardly of the Arabs, and stingiest of the Arabs’. He said, ‘And who is he, O brother of the clan of Taym? ’ He said, ‘Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws’ (Nouzo Billah). Muawiya said, ‘Listen, O people of Syria, what your Iraqi brother is saying! Rush to him, whoever of you wants him to lodge to him, and honour him’. When the people were away from him, he said to him, ‘How did you say? ’ He repeated to him. He said to him, ‘Woe be unto you, O ignorant one! How can he-asws be the meanest of the Arabs and his-asws father is Abu Talib-asws and his-asws grandfather-as is Abdul Muttalib-as, and his-asws wife is Fatima-asws, daughter-asws of Rasool-Allah-saww? And from where can he-asws be most miserly of the Arabs? By Allah-azwj! If there were two houses for him, a house of straw and a house of gold, he-asws spend his gold (in charity) before his-asws stray. And from where can he-asws be the most cowardly of the