Hadith 139

(The book) ‘Al Kafi’ – Ali, from his father, from Ibn Mahboub, raising it, ‘Amir Al-Momineen-asws addressed on the Day of (the battle of) the Camel, so he-asws Praised Allah-azwj and Extolled Him-azwj, then said: ‘O you people! I-asws went over to these people and invited them, an argued against them, so they invited me-asws that I-asws should wait for the executioner and duelling of the spears. For their mothers is the bereavement (mourning), and I-asws have never been, and am not, threatened by the war, nor am I-asws scared by the beating with the strikes of the one who throws it. So, it is for others that they should be (scaring like) lightning and thundering, for I-asws am Abu Al-Hassan-asws who blunted their sharp ends and dispersed their groups, and with that I-asws face my-asws enemy. And I-asws am upon what my-asws Lord-azwj Promised me-asws, from the victory, and the support and the triumph. And I-asws am upon conviction from my-asws Lord-azwj and without any doubt from my-asws affairs. O you people! The death does not miss the ones staying at home, nor does it frustrate the warrior. There is nothing unavoidable about the death, and the one who does not get killed would (die), and that the most superior of the deaths is being killed. By the One-azwj in Whose Hand is my-asws soul, a thousand strikes by the sword is easier upon me-asws than death upon a bed. And how strange of Talha, being the closest of the people to the son of Affan (Usman), until when he was killed, he came to me clasping with his right hand willingly (pledging allegiance). Then he broke his allegiance to me-asws. O Allah-azwj! Seize him and give him no respite! And Al-Zubayr broke his allegiance with me-asws, and cut off relationship with me-asws, and backed my-asws enemies against me, therefore Enshroud him today with whatever You-azwj so Desire to! ’’[12]