Hadith 255

Allah-azwj, and by Allah-azwj and upon the religion of Rasool-Allah-saww! ’ Then he-asws shouted and said: ‘Ibn Muljim-la has killed me-asws! The accursed son-la of the Jewess, by the Lord-azwj of the Kabah! O you people! Do not let Ibn Muljim-la escape you all! ’
And the poison came into his-asws head and his-asws body, and the entirety of the ones in the Masjid went in search of the accursed, and they came with the weapons. I could not see except the slapping of the hands upon the heads and loud noise, and Ibn Muljim-la has struck him-asws with a frightened and terrified strike, then he-la had turned around fleeing, and went out from the Masjid. And the people surrounded Amir Al-Momineen-asws, and he-asws was in his-asws prayer Niche, holding the struck place tightly and he-asws took the soil and poured it upon his-asws head. Then he-asws recited the Words of the Exalted: From it We Created you and into it We will Return you, and from it We will Extract you once again [20: 55]. Then he-asws said: ‘The Command of Allah-azwj and the truthfulness of Rasool-Allah-saww has come! ’ Then, when the accursed one had struck him-asws, the earth shuddered, and the seas and the skies were turbulent, and the doors of the central Masjid flapped’. He (the narrator) said, ‘And the accursed Shabeeb Bin Bujara (also) struck him-asws, but he missed, and the strike fell in the arch’. The reporter said, ‘When the people heard the noise, all the ones in the Masjid came to him-asws, and they went on circling, nor knowing where they were going, from the severity of the shock and the astonishment. Then they surrounded Amir Al-Momineen-asws, and he-asws had tied his-asws head with his-asws apron, and the blood was flowing upon his-asws face and his-asws beard, and it had been dyed with his-asws blood, and he-asws was saying: ‘This is what Allah-azwj and His-azwj Rasool-saww had promised, and Allah-azwj and His-azwj Rasool-saww spoke the truth’. The reporter said, ‘The doors of the central Masjid flapped, and the Angels clamoured in the sky with the supplications, and there descended a stormy wind, black, dark, and Jibraeel-as called out between the sky and the earth with a voice, all the ones awake heard it: ‘By Allah-azwj! The pillars of guidance have been demolished, and effaced! By Allah-azwj! The stars in the sky and the flags of piety are blurred! By Allah-azwj! The firmest handhold, son-asws of an uncle-as of Al-Mustafa-saww has been killed! The Selected successor-asws has been killed! Ali-asws Al-Murtaza-asws has been killed! By Allah-azwj! Chief of the successors-as has been killed. The most wretched of the wretched ones has killed him-asws! ’
He-asws said: ‘When Umm Kulsoom-asws heard the news of death by Jibraeel-as, she-asws slapped upon her-asws face, and tore her-asws pocket, and shouted, ‘Oh father-asws! Oh Ali-asws! Oh Muhammad-saww! Oh to chiefs (of Ahl Al-Bayt-asws)! ’
Then she-asws came to her-asws two brothers-asws, Al-Hassan-asws and Al-Husayn-asws. She-asws woke them-asws up and said to them-asws, ‘Your-asws father-asws has been killed’. They-asws stood up crying. Al-Hassan-asws said to her: ‘O sister-asws! Refrain from the crying until we-asws recognise the correctness of the news, lest the enemies gloat’. They-asws went out, and there, the people were lamenting and calling out, ‘Oh Imam-asws! Oh Amir Al-Momineen-asws! By Allah-azwj! The just Imam-asws has been killed! A worshipper, a fighter. He-asws did not prostrate to an idol! ’ The people were resembling him-asws with Rasool-Allah-saww’. When Al-Hassan-asws and Al-Husayn-asws heard the shrieking of the people, they-asws called out: ‘O father-asws! Oh Ali-asws! Would that death had rendered us-asws to be without life! ’
When they-asws arrived to the central Masjid and entered