Hadith 268

(The book)’ ‘Al-Siraat Al-Mustaqeem’ – He said, ‘And it is supported by what is attributed by Suleym to Muaz Bin Jabal, that during his death, he called for the woe and the destruction upon himself. It was said to him, ‘Why is that? ’ He said, ‘Due to my master Ateeq (Abu Bakr) and Umar upon my impeding the caliphate of Rasool-Allah-saww from Ali-asws’. And similar to that is reported by Ibn Umar that his father said it during his death, and like that was Abu Bakr, and he said, ‘This is Rasool-Allah-saww and with him-saww is Ali-asws, and in his-asws hand is the agreement which we had made a pact upon in the Kabah, and he-asws is saying: ‘You have been loyal with it and backed each other against a Guardian-asws of Allah-azwj, you and your companions, so receive news of the Fire in the lowest of the levels’. Then he cursed Ibn Suhaak (Umar) and said, ‘He is the one who blocked me from the Zikr (Ali-asws after he-asws had come to me’’. Al Abbas Bin Al Haris said, ‘When they had made a pact upon it, it was Revealed: Surely, those who turned back upon their back [47: 25]’’. And it is mentioned by Abu Is’haq in his book, and Ibn Hanbal in his ‘Musnad’, and Al Hafiz in his ‘Hulyat’, and Al-Zamakhshari in his ‘Faiqah’ – ‘And it was Revealed: And they plotted, and We Planned, and they were not perceiving [27: 50]’’. (This paragraph is a non-Shia source)
And from Al-Sadiq-asws: ‘It was Revealed: Or are they (trying to) conclude a matter? But We are the Concluders [43: 79]. The Prophet-saww had reprimanded them both when it was Revealed, but they denies, so it was Revealed: They are swearing by Allah that they did not say it, and they have said the word of Kufr, and they committed Kufr after their Islam [9: 74]’’. And it is reported that Umar entrusted it to Abu Ubeyda. The Prophet-saww said to him: ‘You have become a trustee of this community’. And the general Muslims have reported as well’’. And Umar had said during his death, ‘If only I was exiting from the world on the edge, neither having anything against me nor for me’. His son said, ‘You are saying this? ’ He said, ‘Leave me! We are more knowing of what we have done, I and my two companions, and Abu Ubeyda and Muaz’’. [235]