Hadith 9

(The book) ‘Al Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Abu Al Sabbah Bin Abdul Hameed, from Muhammad Bin Muslim, ‘From Abu Ja’far-asws having said: ‘By Allah-azwj! That which Al-Hassan-asws Bin Ali-asws had done was better for this community than what the sun emerges upon! And by Allah-azwj! This Verse was Revealed: Have you not seen those to whom it was said: ‘Restrain your hands, and establish the Salat and give the Zakat; – But rather it is obedience of the Imam-asws, but they sought the fighting, but when fighting is Prescribed upon them, – along with Al-Husayn-asws, they are saying, ‘Our Lord! Why did You Prescribe the fighting upon us? If only You had delayed it for us to a near term’. [4: 77]. we will answer Your Call and follow the Rasools’ [14: 44]. They wanted it to be delayed to Al-Qaim-asws’’. [19]
Footnote (abrdiged): –
The Seyyid Al-Murtaza said in the book ‘Tanzeeh Al-Anbiya’, ‘If a speaker were to say, ‘What is the excuse for him-asws, in vacating himself-asws from the Imamate and submitting it to Muawiya along with his immorality being so apparent, and his remoteness from the means of the Imamate, and him being bare from the qualities deserving it. Then in his-asws pledging to him, and taking to his obedience, and his Salat, and revealing his friendship, and the word with his imamate. This is with plentiness of his-asws helpers, and gatherings of his‑asws companions, and the pledging by the one who exerting blood and wealth on his-asws behalf, until they ended up naming him as ‘Humiliator of the Momineen’ and their frowning in his‑asws face’. The answer – We say, it is proven that he-asws is the infallible Imam-asws, the supported, the accorded upon by clear arguments and subduing evidence. So, there is no escape from the submitting to the entirety of his-asws deeds, and carrying it upon the correctness, and even though there may be in these was one does not understand its aspect upon the detail, or there was an apparent for it. And he-asws had said: ‘But rather I-asws suspended the hostilities as being a saving of the blood, and exhaustion (by the people) with it, and fearing upon myself-asws and my-asws family, and the sincere ones from my-asws companions’. So, how could he-asws not fear his-asws (non-sincere) companions and their accusations upon him-asws and his-asws family? And when he-asws wrote to Muawiya letting him know that the people had pledged allegiances to him-asws after his-asws father-asws, and called him to his-asws obedience, Muawiya answered him-asws with the well-known answer inclusive of the falsities from it, and the suspicions, and he said to him-asws in it, ‘Even though I do know that you-asws are straighter with the command and more exact for the people, and better planner to the enemy, and stronger upon entirety of the affairs than me, I would pledge allegiance to you, because I see you-asws being rightful of every goodness’. And he said in his letter, ‘My matter and your-asws matter is similar with the matter of Abu Bakr and your-asws matter after the expiry of Rasool-Allah-saww’. That called him-asws to address his-asws companions at Al-Kufa urging them upon the Jihad and making them recognise his-asws merit and what Recompense in having the patience upon it, and he-asws ordered them to go out to their soldiers. But no one answered him-asws. Aday Bin Hatim said to them, ‘Glory be to Allah-azwj! You are not answering your Imam-asws! Where are the preachers of the city? ’ Qays Bin Sa’ad, and