Hadith 147

ating’. Their speaker said, ‘O son-asws of Abu Talib-asws! You-asws are greedy upon this command’. I-asws said: ‘They are greedier than me-asws, and more remote. Which of us is greedier? I-asws am the one who sought my-asws inheritance and my-asws right which Allah-azwj and His-azwj Rasool-saww had made it to be for me-asws. Am I-asws foremost with it or you are? You are striking my face besides it and are forming a barrier between me and it’. They were amazed, And Allah does not Guide the unjust [3: 86]. O Allah-azwj! I-asws seek Your-azwj Assistance against Quraysh, for they have cut-off my-asws relationship, and listened to my-asws adversaries, and belittled the greatness of my-asws status, and they gathered upon snatching away rights which I-asws was foremost with it than them, and they plundered it. Then they said, ‘Indeed! Among the rights is that you-asws take it, and among the rights is that you-asws refused, so either be patient like this or die in regret and rage’. I-asws looked around there wasn’t any assistant, nor follower, nor helper, nor supporter except my-asws family members. I-asws thought of (keeping) them away from the death, so I-asws turned a blind eye upon the speck and my-asws saliva flowed upon the dejection and I-asws was patient from swallowing the anger upon the bitterest of the morsels, and the most painful to the heart than slitting the lips, until when there was revenge upon Usman. I-asws went to him but you had already killed him. Then you came to me-asws to pledge allegiance to me. I-asws refused upon you all and I withheld my-asws hand. But you pulled me-asws and pushed me-asws and spread out my-asws hand. But I-asws withheld it and you extended it, but I-asws grasped it, and you crowded to me-asws until I-asws thought some of you would kill the others, or you would kill me-asws. You said, ‘Take our allegiances! We cannot find anyone else apart from you-asws, nor are we pleased except with you-asws. We shall pledge to you, neither separating nor differing in our words’. So, I-asws took your allegiances and called the people to my-asws allegiance. The one who pledge willingly, I-asws accepted it, and one who refused, I-asws did not force him and left him. They pledge allegiance to me. Among the ones who pledged were Talha and Al-Zubeyr, and had they refused, I-asws would not have forced them just as I-asws did not force others. We did not remain for long until it reached me that they had both gone out from Makkah heading to Al-Basra among an army. There was no among them except he had given me-asws the obedience and named to me-asws with the allegiance. They advanced upon my-asws office bearers and treasurers of my-asws public treasury upon the people of my-asws city, those, all of them were upon my-asws allegiance and in my-asws obedience. But they scattered their words and corrupted their communities. Then they pounced upon my-asws Shias from the Muslims. They killed a group of them treacherously, and a party in combat, and a party from them who were angry for the Sake of Allah-azwj, they unsheathed their swords and struck with these until they met Allah-azwj as