Hadith 1

Rasool; the Rasools have already passed away before him; so if he dies or is killed will you turn back upon your heels? And the one who turns back upon his heels, he will never harm Allah of anything, and Allah would be Recompensing the grateful [3: 144]. By Allah-azwj! My-asws grandfather-saww has died, and my-asws father-asws has been killed, and the whispering of the Wicked (Satan-la) was shouted in the hearts of the people, and a croaker croaked the Fitna, and you opposed the Sunnah! Alas for it from a deafening, blinding Fitna. Neither will its caller be listened to, nor will its caller be answered, nor will its friend be opposed. The word of hypocrisy has appeared, and the flags of the wretched people and the colliding of the armies of the people of Al-Maraq from Syria and Al-Iraq! Come, may Allah-azwj have Mercy on you all, to the beginning, and the clear Noor, and the immense knowledge, and the Noor which will not be extinguished, and the truth which cannot be hidden! O you people! Wake up from the sleep of heedlessness, and from the veils of darkness! By the One-azwj Who Split the seed and Formed the person! And the greatness has deteriorated. If a party from you were to stand to me with truthful hearts and sincere intentions, not happening to have a sign of hypocrisy in it nor intent of division, I-asws would fight with the sword, advancing, advancing, and I-asws will restrict from the swords, its sides, and from the spears, its ends, and from the horses, its hooves! Speak, may Allah-azwj have Mercy on you all! ’
It was as if they had been reined by the reins of silence from answering the call, except twenty men, for they stood up to me and said, ‘O son-asws of Rasool-Allah-saww! We do not control except ourselves and our swords. Here we are in front of you-asws, obedient to your-asws orders and ratifying to your-asws view. So, order us with whatever you-asws so desire to! ’
I-asws looked right and left, but I-asws could not find anyone (else) apart from them. I-asws said: ‘For me-asws there is an exemplar in my-asws grandfather-saww Rasool-Allah-saww, when he-saww worshipped Allah-azwj in secret and on that day he-saww was among thirty-nine men. When Allah-azwj Completed forty for him-saww, he-saww became among (a significant) number and revealed the Command of Allah-azwj. So, if their number were to be for me-asws, I-asws would fight for the Sake of Allah-azwj as is the right of fighting it! ’
Then I-asws raised my-asws head towards the sky. I-asws said: ‘O Allah-azwj! I-asws have called, and warned, and instructed, and forbade, and they were heedless from answering the caller and sitting back from helping him-asws, and deficient from obeying him-asws, and helpers to his-asws enemies (instead). O Allah-azwj! Send down upon them Your-azwj Torment, and Your-azwj Pain, and Your-azwj Punishment which cannot be repelled from the unjust people! ’ And I-asws descended. Then I went out from Al-Kufa to Al-Medina on foot. They came to me-asws saying, ‘Muawiya has hastened his military to Al-Anbar and Al-Kufa and has started his raids upon the Muslims, and kills the ones who do not fight him, and kills the women and the children! ’ I-asws let them know that there is no loyalty for them. I-asws sent infantry and an army with them and let them know that they