Hadith 255

We-asws are People-asws of the Household! We-asws do not increased upon the sinner to us-asws except in benevolence, and pardon, and the mercy, and the compassion is from our-asws mark, not from his-la mark. By my-asws right upon you-asws, O my-asws son-asws, feed him-la from what you-asws eat and quench him-la from what you-asws drink, and neither shackle any feet of his-la nor cuff any hand of his-la. So, if I-asws were to die, then I-asws shall retaliate from him-la by, you-asws killing him-la, and strike him-la with one strike, and burn him-la with the fire, and do not trample the man, for I-asws have heard your-asws grandfather-saww Rasool-Allah-saww saying: ‘Beware of the trampling, and even if it is the mordacious dog’. And if I-asws were to live, then I-asws would be foremost with the pardoning him-la, and I-asws am more knowing with what I-asws shall be doing with him-la. So, if I-asws were to pardon, then we-asws, People-asws of the Household do not increase upon the sinner to us-asws except in pardoning and benevolence’’. Mikhnaf Bin Haneef said, ‘By Allah-azwj! On the night of the nineteenth, I was in the central Masjid among men. We were praying Salat nearby the door which Amir Al-Momineen-asws entered from. While we were praying Salat when Amir Al-Momineen-asws entered from the door, and he-asws was calling out: ‘The Salat! ’
Then he-asws ascended the minaret and proclaimed Azaan, then descended and went across to the people sleeping in the Majid. He-asws called out to them: ‘Al-Salat! ’ Then he-asws aimed to go to the prayer Niche. I do not know whether he-asws entered into the Salat or not, when I heard a speaker saying, ‘The judgment is for Allah-azwj, not for you-asws, O Ali-asws! ’
He (the narrator) said, ‘During that, I heard Amir Al-Momineen-asws saying: ‘The man should not get away from you all! ’
He (the narrator) said, ‘The people severe upon him, and I was with them, and there, it was Wardan Bin Mujalid. And as for Ibn Muljim-la, may Allah-azwj Curse him-la, he-la fled immediately and entered Al-Kufa, and we saw Amir Al-Momineen-asws having been injured in his-asws head’. Muhammad Ibn Hanafiya said, ‘Then Ali-asws said: ‘Carry me-asws to the place of my-asws prayer mat in my-asws house’. We carried him-asws to it, and he-asws was seriously injured, and the people were around him-asws, and they were in a grievous matter, crying, and mourning. They were overlooking upon the destruction (death) from the intensity of the crying and the lamenting. Then Al-Husayn-asws turned to him-asws, and he-asws was crying. He-asws said to him-asws: ‘O father-asws! Who is for us-asws after you-asws? There is none like your-asws day except for the day of Rasool-Allah-saww. By Allah-azwj! It is from your-asws reason I-asws have learnt the crying when I-asws see you-asws like this! ’
He-asws called out to him-asws: ‘O Husayn-asws! O Abu Abdullah-asws! Come near me-asws’. He-asws went near him-asws, and the lids of his-asws eyes had soared from the crying. He-asws wiped the tears from his-asws eyes and placed his-asws hand upon his-asws heart and said to him-asws: ‘O my-asws son-asws! May Allah-azwj link your-asws heart with the patience, and Award plentiful mighty Rewards for you-asws and your-asws brothers, so calm your-asws anxiety and cool down from your-asws crying, for Allah-azwj will Recompense you-asws upon your-asws mighty calamity’. Then he-asws entered into his-asws room and sat in his-asws prayer Niche’. The reporter said, ‘And Umm Kulsoom-asws and Zainab-asws came and sat with him-asws and lamented him-asws and said: ‘O father-asws! Who is for the young ones until they get older, and who is for the older ones between the public? O father-asws! Our-asws grief upon you-asws is long, and our-asws tears will not dry