Hadith 18

(The book) ‘Al-Ihtijaj’ – From a letter of his-asws: ‘Glory be to Allah-azwj’ – up to his-asws words: ‘And the greetings’’. [75]
And Ibn Abi Al Hadeed – It is reported by Nasr Bin Muzahim, ‘Amir Al-Momineen-asws wrote to Muawiya: ‘From a servant of Allah-azwj Ali-asws Amir Al-Momineen, to Muawiya Bin Abu Sufyan: ‘Greetings upon the one who follows the guidance. I-asws praise Allah-azwj to you Who, there is no god except He-azwj. As for after, surely you are seeing the passing of the world, and its expiry, and its taking it away, and its leaving with its people in what is past from it, and goodness is what you can earn from what (life) remains from the world, what the righteous servants had attained during what had passed from it of the piety. And the one who compares the world with the Hereafter would find a far distance between the two. And know, O Muawiya, that you have claimed a command you aren’t from its rightful, neither in the past nor during the current time, nor in the remaining (future). You are neither saying regarding it with a matter known to have an effect for it, nor is there any witness from it against you, and it isn’t related with any Verse from the Book of Allah-azwj, nor any pact from Rasool-Allah-azwj. So how are your dealings when the absentees are shuddering from you (due to) what you are indulging in from the world. You have been tempted with its adornment and have inclined to its pleasures, and there is emptiness between you and your enemy, wherein is an enemy of madness, strayed, and rejector, salted, salty, along with what has been affirmed within yourself of its loves. It invites you and you answer it, and it leads you and you follow it, and it instructs you and you obey it. So, leave from this command and take to preparing for the reckoning, for there is no doubt that you will be paused at a pausing upon what no shield would be (able to) shield you. And O Muawiya! Where were you a manager of citizens, or a master of the command of this community without having any good background, nor any nobility honoured upon your people. Wake up from your slumber and return to your Creator, work seriously to what will be befalling with you, and do not let Satan-la enabled your enemies from his-la rebellion regarding you. Along with that, I-asws recognise that Allah-azwj and His-azwj Rasool-saww are both truthful. We seek Refuge with Allah-azwj from necessitating the previous wretchedness, and even if you do not do it, for I-asws am letting you know what you are heedless from yourself. You have acknowledged that the Satan-la has taken his-la take. He-la flows from you the flow of the blood in the veins; and you aren’t from the Imams-asws of this community, nor are you from its shepherds. And know that this command, if it was up to the people, or in their hands, they would have envied us of it, and would have prevented it upon us, but it is a Judgment of the One-azwj Who has Granted it, and Specialised us-asws with it upon the tongue of His-azwj Prophet-saww, the truthful, the ratified. He will not succeed, the one who doubts aft