Hadith 127

And Ibn Abu Al Hadeed said in the commentary of Al Nahj (Al Balagah) – It is reported by Hisham Bin Muhammad Al Kalby in the book ‘Al Jamal’, ‘Umm Salama-ra wrote to Ali-asws from Makkah, ‘As for After, Talha and Al-Zubeyr and their loyalists, adherents of the straying, are intending to go out with Ayesha to Al-Basra, and with them is Abdullah Bin Aamir Bin Kareyz, and they are mentioning that Usman was killed as an oppressed, and they are seeking his blood. And Allah-azwj will Suffice them by His-azwj Mighty and His-azwj Strength, and had it not been for Allah-azwj having Forbidden us from the going out and Commanded us from staying in the house, I-ra would not have left the going out to you and the helping to you-asws. But I-ra am sending to you-asws my-ra son, being equal to myself, Umar Bin Abu Salama, so receive my-ra good wishes by him, O Amir Al-Momineen’. He (the narrator) said, ‘When Umar (Bin Abu Salama) came to Ali-asws, and he-asws honoured him and did not cease to be with him until he attended the events, all of them, and Ali-asws sent him as a governor upon Al-Bahrain, and he-asws said to a cousin of his: ‘It has reached me that Umar (Bin Abu Salama) was saying poems, so send something from his poetry to me-asws’. He sent couplets to him-asws, its first was, ‘Amir Al-Momineen-asws has Rewarded you with nearness, rising my mention by it, being a Reward of full measure’. Ali-asws marvelled from his poetry and considered it excellent. He (the narrator) said, ‘And Abu Mikhnaf said, ‘Ayesha came to Umm Salama-ra to deceive her upon the going out to seek the blood of Usman. She said to her-ra, ‘O daughter of Abu Umayya! You-ra are the first emigrant, from the wives of Rasool-Allah-saww, and you-ra are the eldest of mothers of the believers, and Rasool-Allah-saww used to distribute to us from your-ra house, and Jibraeel-as tended to be in your-ra house as frequently as can be’. Umm Salama-ra said ‘You have said these words for a matter’. Ayesha said, ‘Abdullah has informed me that the people had asked Usman to repent, and when he had repented, they killed him as one Fasting in the Sacred month, and I have determined upon the going out to Al-Basra, and with me would be Al-Zubeyr and Talha. So, come out with us, perhaps Allah-azwj will Reconcile this matter upon our hands and through us’. Umm Salama-ra said, ‘Yesterday you were eager against Usman and were saying wicked words regarding him, and his name wasn’t with you except for ‘No’sal’, and you do recognise the status of Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws from Rasool-Allah-saww. Shall I-ra remind you? ’ She said, ‘Yes’. She-ra said, ‘Do you remember one day the Prophet-saww came and we were with him-saww until when he-saww descended from Qudeyd from the left, he-saww was alone with Ali-asws whispering to him-asws, and it got prolonged, so you wanted to converge upon them-asws, but I-ra had forbidden you, but you disobeyed me and converged upon them, and it was not long before you returned crying? ’
I-ra said, ‘What is the matter with you? ’ You said, ‘I converged upon them-asws and they were whispering to each other. I said to Ali-asws, ‘There isn’t for me from Rasool-Allah-azwj except for one day from nine day, so will you-asws not leave me my day, O son-asws of Abu Talib-asws? ’
Rasool-Allah-saww faced towards me, and he-saww was angry, red-faced, and he-saww said: ‘Return to behind you! By Allah-azwj, no one will hate him-asws, neither from my-saww family nor from others from the people, except and he would exit from the Eman! ’ So, you returned regretful, silent? ’ Ayesha said, ‘Yes, I do remember that’. She-ra said, ‘And I-ra shall remind you as well. I-asws and you were with Rasool-Allah-saww, and you were washing his-saww head and I-ra was preparing a meal ‘Heys’ for him-asws, and he-saww used to like the ‘Heys’, and he-saww raised his-saww head and said: ‘I-saww am not away which one of you would be the rider of the wild camel the dogs of Al-Hawaab would be barking at, and she would move away from the road’. I-ra raised my hands from the ‘Heys’ and I said, ‘I-ra seek Refuge with Allah-azwj and His-azwj Rasool-saww from that’. Then he-saww struck upon your back and said, ‘Beware from you becoming it’. Then he-saww said: ‘O daughter of Abu Umayya! Beware of you-ra becoming it! ’ Then said: ‘O Humeyra! ’ As for I-ra, so have I-ra reminded you? ’ Ayesha said, ‘Yes, I do remember this’. She-ra said, ‘And I-ra shall remind you as well. I-ra and you were with Rasool-Allah-azwj in a journey of his-saww, and Ali-asws had taken the slippers of Rasool-Allah-saww to repair them, and you had taken his-saww clothes to wash them. You punctured a hole in the slipper of his-saww, so he-asws had taken it on that day to repair it in the shade of a tree. And your father came, and with him was Umar. They sought permission to see him-saww, so we arose to the veil and they entered and discussed with him-saww regarding what they wanted. Then they said, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww! We do not know the measurement (for how long) you-saww will be accompanying us. If you-saww could let us know who you-saww are appointing as a caliph upon us, he would become a shelter for us after you-saww’. He-saww said to them: ‘As for I-saww, I-saww have seen his place, and if I-saww were to do so, you would flee away from him just as the children of Israel had fled from Haroun Bin Imran-as’. They were both silent. Then they went out. When we came out to Rasool-Allah-saww, you said to him-saww, and you were the most audacious of us upon him-saww, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww! Who were you-saww going to appoint as caliph upon them? ’ He-saww said: ‘Repairer of the slipper’. We looked around but did not see anyone except Ali-asws. I-ra said, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww! I cannot see except Ali-asws’. He-saww said: ‘He-asws is that’’. Ayesha said, ‘Yes, I do remember that’. She-ra said, ‘So which going out are you going out to, after this? ’ She said, ‘But rather, I am going out in order to reconcile between the people, and I hope in it for the Recompense, if Allah-azwj the Exalted so Desires’. She-ra said, ‘You and your opinion’. Ayesha left from her-ra and Umm Salama-ra wrote to Ali-asws with what she-ra had said and what had been said to her-ra’’. [145]
[1] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 32, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 1 H 1
[2] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 32, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 1 H 2
[3] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 32, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 1 H 3
[4] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 32, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 1 H 4
[5] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 32, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 1 H 5
[6] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 32, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 1 H 6
[7] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 32, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 1 H 7
[8] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 32, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 1 H 8
[9] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 32, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 1 H 9
[10] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 32, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 1 H 10
[11] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 32, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 1 H 11
[12] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 32, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 1 H 12
[13] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 32, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 1 H 13
[14] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 32, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 1 H 14
[15] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 32, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 1 H 15
[16] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 32, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 1 H 16
[17] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 32, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 1 H 17
[18] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 32, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 1 H 18
[19] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 32, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 1 H 19
[20] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 32, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 1 H 20
[21] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 32, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 1 H 21
[22] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 32, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 1 H 22
[23] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 32, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 1 H 23
[24] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 32, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 1 H 24
[25] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 32, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 1 H 25
[26] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 32, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 1 H 26
[27] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 32, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 1 H 27
[28] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 32, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 1 H 28
[29] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 32, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 1 H 29
[30] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 32, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 1 H 30
[31] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 32, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 1 H 31
[32] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 32, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 1 H 32
[33] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 32, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 1 H 33
[34] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 32, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 1 H 34
[35] Bihar Al-A