Hadith 29

zwj Causes Abu Abdullah Al-Husayn-asws Bin Ali-asws to live, so no’. Then he stood up and his eyes were filled (with tears). Muawiya said, ‘Turn around. No, by Allah-azwj! He-asws did not irritate us at all, except we found him-asws a chief’. And Ibn Abbas entered as well to see Muawiya after the expiry of the mourning. He said, ‘O Ibn Al-Abbas! Do you not know what has occurred in your family? ’ He said, ‘No’. He said, ‘Usama Bin Zayd has died, may Allah-azwj Magnify your Recompense’. He said, ‘We are for Allah and we are returning to Him [2: 156]! May Allah-azwj have Mercy on Usama’, and he went out. And he came to him after some days and he (Muawiya) had determined upon frightening him. He (Ibn Abbas) prayed Salat in the central Masjid on the day of Friday and gathered the people to him. They asked him about the Permissible, and the Prohibited, and the jurisprudence, and the interpretation (of the Holy Quran), and the situations of and the pre-Islamic period. And Muawiya missed the people. It was said, ‘They are busy with Ibn Abbas, and if he so desires for one hundred thousand swords will strike with him before the night, he can do so’. He said, ‘We are more unjust than him. We have withheld him from his family, and refused him his needs, and we spied on his loved ones. Go and call him! ’
The guard came to him and called him. He said, ‘We the clan of Abd Manaf, when the Salat presented, we do not arise until we pray. I shall pray Salat if Allah-azwj so Desires and go to him’. He returned, and Ibn Abbas prayed Salat Al-Asr and came to him. He said, ‘(Give) your need’. He did not ask him for any need except he fulfilled it and said, ‘I vow upon you! Why don’t you enter the public treasury and take your need’. And rather he intended the people of Syrian to know the inclination of Ibn Abbas towards the world. He understood what he intended, so he said, ‘That isn’t for me. Nor is it for you. So, if you were to allow to give everyone with a right, his right, then do so’. He said, ‘I vow upon you, if only you would enter and take your need’. He entered and took a red woollen cap. It is said it used to be for Amir Al-Momineen Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws. Then he came out and said, ‘O commander of the faithful! There remains a need for me’. He said, ‘What is it? ’ He said, ‘Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws, you have recognised his-asws merits, and his-asws precedence, and his-asws kinship, and the death has stopped it. I would love it if you were not to revile him-asws upon your pulpits’. He said, ‘Far be it, O Ibn Abbas! This is a matter of religion. Isn’t he-asws such, and isn’t he-asws such, and did such, and did such? ’ – and he counted whatever was between him and Ali-asws. Ibn Abbas said, ‘Foremost for you, O Muawiya, and the appointment is the (day of) Al-Qiyamah, For every prophecy is a fixed term, and soon you will be knowing it [6: 67]’, and he headed to Al-Medina’’. [115]