Hadith 170

(The book) ‘Al Ihtijaj’ – From Ibn Abbas who said, ‘When Amir Al-Momineen-asws was free from fighting the people of Al-Basra, he-asws placed a saddle upon a saddle, then climbed upon it and addressed. He-asws praised Allah-azwj and extolled upon Him-azwj and said: ‘O People of Al-Basra! O people of the overthrown city! O people of the incurable disease! O followers of the beast! O army of the woman who foamed and you answered, and it was slayed and you fled. Your water is salty, and your religion is hypocrisy, and your dreams are (now) dust! ’
Then he-asws descended walking after his-asws being free from his-asws address, and we walked along with him-asws. He-asws passed by Al-Hassan Al-Basry and he was performing Wud’u. He-asws said: ‘O Hassan! Perfect the Wud’u’. He said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen-asws! Yesterday I had killed some people testifying that there is no god except Allah-azwj Alone, there being no associates for Him-azwj, and that Muhammad-saww is His-azwj servant and His-azwj Rasool-saww, praying the five (daily Salats), and perfecting the Wud’u’. Amir Al-Momineen-asws said to him: ‘It has happened, what you saw. So, what prevented you from supporting our enemies against us? ’
He said, ‘By Allah-azwj! I do ratify you-asws, O Amir Al-Momineen-asws! I had gone out on the first day. I washed, and embalmed, and cast my weapon on me, and I was in no doubt that staying behind from mother of the believers Ayesha, it is the Kufr. When I ended up to a place from Al-Khureybah, a caller called out, ‘O Hassan! Return, for the killer and the killed would both be in the Fire! ’ I returned scared and sat in my house. When it was the second day, I had no doubt that the staying behind from mother of the believers Ayesha, it is the Kufr. So, I embalmed, and cast my weapon on me and went out intending the fighting, until I ended up to a place from Al-Khureybah, and a caller called out from behind me: ‘O Hassan! To where are you going time and again, for the killer and the killed would be in the Fire’’. Ali-asws said: ‘You speak the truth. Do you know who that caller is? ’ He said, ‘No’. He-asws said: ‘That is your brother Iblees-la and he-la ratified you that the killer and the killed from them would be in the Fire’. Al-Hassan Al-Basry said, ‘Now I understand, O Amir Al-Momineen-asws! The people are destroyed’’. [47]