Hadith 30

ed the imams of misguidance who called them to the Fire. So, ‘Allah is Sufficient for us and the most excellent Protector’ [3: 173] and had Allah so Desired, He would have Gathered them upon the Guidance, [6: 35]. But, Allah Does whatever He so Desires to” [3: 40]’’. [122]
Abaan from Sulaym who said, ‘Ziyad Bin Samiya was a writer who was a Shiite and a friend of mine. He read out to me a letter that Muawiya had written to Ziyad in reply to his letter. Having said that, you had written to me asking me about the Arabs – whom to honour among them, and whom to humiliate, and whom to bring closer, and whom to keep away, and from whom to feel safe, and from whom to beware? And I – my brother – am the most knowledgeable one about the Arabs. Keep an eye on the tribes from Al-Yemen. Honour them in public but humiliate them in private for like that is how I deal with them. I honour them in their gatherings and humiliate them in private. They are the people of the evilest state in my presence, and your grace and your awards should be for other, (but) secretly from them’. And keep an eye on (the tribe of) Rabi’a Bin Nazaar. Honour their notables and humiliate their ordinary ones, for their ordinary ones are followers of their noblemen and their chiefs. And keep an eye on the (tribe of Muzar). Make some of them fight against the others. For among them are those with ruggedness, and arrogance, and pomp, and severe chivalry. And if you were to do that, and strike some of them against the others, some of them would suffice for you against the others, and do not be pleased with their words without actions, and do not go by good will without having proof. And keep an eye on the slaves and those who have become Muslims from the non-Arabs, so deal with them by the way of Umar Bin Al-Khattab, for he with regards to that, disgraced them and humiliated them. Let the Arabs marry them (their women) but do not let them marry (Arab women), and that the Arabs should inherit from them but they cannot inherit from the Arabs. And be short in giving them their gifts and their sustenance, and let them go forward in the battles, and repair the roads, and cut the trees, and do not let any one of them lead the Arabs in the Salat, nor let any of them be in the front row when the Arabs are present, except when it is required to complete the row (in Salat). Do not let any one of them rule any area from the areas of the Muslims, nor any city from their cities, and do not let any one of them be a judge upon the Muslims or make a decision for their regulations, for this is the way of Umar with regard to them and his dealing. May he be Rewarded by Allah-azwj, and from the community of the clan of Umayya especially, the best of the Rewards. By my life, had not him (Abu Bakr) and his companion (Umar) done what they did, with their strength and their solidity in the Religion of Allah-azwj, we and the whole of this community would have ended up being the slaves of the Clan of Hashim, and they would have inherited the Caliphate, one after the other like the inheriting of the people of Chosroe (