Hadith 255

I gain the upper hand with him-la, he-la would flee away from me. While I was addressing him-la and he-la was addressing me, when a wind blew and uncovered from his apron, and there, his-la sword shone from beneath the apron, as if it was a polished mirror. When I saw its lustre beneath his-la clothes, I said, ‘O woe be unto you-la! What is this bare sword under your-la clothes? Perhaps you-la are the killer of Amir Al-Momineen-asws! ’
He-la wanted to say, ‘No’, but Allah-azwj Caused his-la tongue to speak the truth, so he-la said, ‘Yes’. So, I raised my sword and struck him-la, so he-la raised his-la sword and thought of coming on top of me with it, but I swerved away from him-la, and I struck him-la upon his-la leg. So, I stopped him-la and his-la sword fell, and I fell upon him-la, and he-la shouted a loud scream, and I wanted to take his-la sword, but he-la prevented me. The people of Al-Hira came out and assisted me against him-la, until I tied his-la shoulders and came with him-la to you-asws. So, here he-la is in front of you-asws. May Allah-azwj Make me to be sacrificed for you-asws. Do whatever you-asws so desire to! ’
Al-Hassan-asws said: ‘The Praise is for Allah-azwj Who Helped His-azwj friend and Forsook His-azwj enemy’. Then Al-Hassan-asws devoted to his-asws father-asws kissing him-asws (between two eyes) and said to him-asws: ‘O father-asws! This is an enemy of Allah-azwj and your-asws enemy. Allah-azwj has Enabled (us) from him-la’. But he-asws did not answer him-asws, and he-asws was sleeping. He-asws disliked awakening him-asws from his-asws sleep. He-asws slept for a while, then opened his-asws eyes and he-asws said: ‘Be kind with me-asws, O Angels of my-asws Lord-azwj! ’ Al-Hassan-asws said to him-asws: ‘This is an enemy of Allah-azwj and your-asws enemy, Ibn Muljim-la. Allah-azwj has Enabled (us) from him, and he-la has been presented in front of you-asws’. He (the narrator) said, ‘Amir Al-Momineen-asws opened his-asws eyes and looked at him-la, and he-la was strapped and his-la sword had been hung in his-la neck. He-asws said to him-la with weakness and broken voice, and kindness and mercy: ‘O you-la! You-la have come with a grievous matter and have perpetrated a mighty matter, and a serious crime. Was I-asws an evil Imam-asws to you-la until you-la recompensed me-asws with this recompense? Did I-asws not happen to be compassionate to you-la and preferred you-la over others, and was good to you-la, and increased in your stipend? Did it not happen that it was said to me-asws regarding you-la, such and such, so I-asws freed the way for you-la, and gave you-la my-asws stipend, and although I-asws had known that you-la are my-asws killer, inevitably, but I-asws hoped by that, the prevailing from Allah-azwj the Exalted upon you-la? O depraved! Perhaps you-la would wish to retract from your-la error. But the wretchedness overcame upon you-la and you-la killed me-asws, O wretched of all wretches! ’
He (the narrator) said, ‘The eyes of Ibn Muljim-la, may Allah-azwj the Exalted Curse him-la, shed tears, and he-la said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen-asws! can you save the one in the Fire? [39: 19]? ’ He-asws said: ‘You-la speak the truth’. Then he-asws turned to his-asws son-asws Al-Hassan-asws and said to him-asws: ‘Be kind, O my-asws son-asws, with your-asws prisoner, and be merciful to him-la, and be good to him-la, and compassionate to him-la. Don’t you see his-la eyes have risen to the top of his-la head, and his-la heart is trembling out of fear and awe and panic? ’
Al-Hassan-asws said to him-asws: ‘O father-asws! This accursed one, the mischief-maker has killed you-asws and has agonised us regarding you-asws, and you-asws are instructing us to be kind with him-la? ’
He-asws said to him-asws: ‘Yes, O my-asws son-asws!