Hadith 68

, and he-asws brought out his-asws intensity which I recognise him-asws during the anger, and he-asws said: ‘O Ibn Al-Lakhna! Can the like of you have the audacity upon the like of me-asws! ? Or would my-asws name be administered in his peculiarities which there is no pact for it with speaking wisely! Woe be unto you! I-asws am not from your killers nor from the ones to kill your companions, and I-asws know of my-asws intentions than you yourself’. Then he-asws struck his-asws hand to my saddle and overturned me from my horse, and went on to drag me to a mill of Al-Haris Bin Kalada Al-Saqafi, and he-asws deliberated to the thick iron rod and extended my neck with both his-asws hands and circled it in my neck, twisting it like the heated gum, and these companions of mine were standing, not availing me from his-asws grip, nor restraining his-asws evil from me. May Allah-azwj not Recompense them goodly from me, for when they looked at him-asws, it was as if they were looking at their Angel of death. By the One-azwj Who Raised the sky without pillars! There had gathered upon removing this rod, one hundred men or more, from the strong Arabs, but they were unable upon removing it. So, point me to a weak one of the people in opening it, it being sorcery from him, or the strength of an Angel to deal with it. Remove it from me now, if you are to remove it, and take for me with my right if you are taking it, or else I shall join up with a house of my comfort, and a dwelling of my honour. The son-asws of Abu Talib-asws has collared me with a shame what I have come with, being laughed at by the people of the households’. Abu Bakr turned to Umar and said, ‘What do you view of what would make the man come out from this! It is as if my governance is heavy upon his shoulders and a thorn in his chest’. Umar turned to him and said, ‘In it there is humour that will not leave you until you blush, so do not manifest it, and there is ignorance and envy which has ruled in his-asws mind, so these flow from him-asws like the flow of blood. He-asws does not leave us until he-asws insults us of his-asws status, and he-asws causes the dilemmas of the destruction. Then Abu Bakr said to the ones present, ‘Call for me Qays Bin Sa’ad Bin Ubada Al-Ansari, for no one else would be able to remove this rod. He said (the narrator) said, ‘And Qays was a swordsman (executioner) of the Prophet-saww, and he was a tall man, his height was of eighteen palm’s width, in a width of five palm’s widths, and he was the stronger of the people during his time after Amir Al-Momineen-asws. Qays presented, and he said to him, ‘O Qays! You are of the strongest physique where you are, so remove this rod from the neck of your brother Khalid’. Qays said, ‘And why doesn’t Khalid remove it from his own neck! ? ’ He said, ‘He is not able upon it’. He said, ‘So why is Abu Suleyman unable upon it, and he is a star of your soldiers, and your sword against your enemies, how ca