Hadith 147

li-asws had diverted Al-Ashtar to Egypt, it was grievous upon him. Ali-asws wrote to him at the death of Al-Ashtar: ‘As for after, it has reached me-asws your feelings about discharging Al-Ashtar to your office, and I-asws did not do that to delay to you about the Jihad, nor as an increase for you from regarding the efforts. And if I-asws removed what your hands have encompassed of your authority, I-asws would have placed you in charge of what would have been easier to deal with upon you, and I-asws like the governance to be for you except that the man who was ruling Egypt was a man who was an adviser to us and severe against our enemies. May Allah-azwj have Mercy upon him for his days are completed and he found his death, and we are pleased from him, so may Allah-azwj be Pleased from him, and Multiply the Rewards for him, and Make the Hereafter to be good for him. So, warm up to (confront) your enemies and roll up your sleeves for the war, and Call to the Way of your Lord with the wisdom and goodly exhortation, [16: 125], and frequent the remembrance of Allah-azwj and seeking the Assistance with Him-azwj, and the fearing from Him-azwj. He-azwj would Suffice you for what worries you and will Assist you upon what you are in charge of. May Allah-azwj Assist us and you upon what we cannot attain except by His-azwj Mercy. And the greetings’. Muhammad, may Allah-azwj have Mercy on him, wrote, ‘To a servant of Allah-azwj Amir Al-Momineen-asws, from Muhammad Bin Abu Bakr. Greetings be unto you! I praise Allah-azwj to you-asws Who, there is no god except He-azwj As for after, a letter of Amir Al-Momineen has ended up to me and I have understood it and recognised what is in it, and there isn’t anyone from the people who severer upon the enemies of Amir Al-Momineen-asws, nor kinder to his-asws friends than I am. I had gone out and encamped, and secured the people except the one who installed war to us and manifested the opposition to us, and I am an obedient one to Amir Al-Momineen-asws, and his protector, and shelter to him-asws, and standing with him-asws, and Allah-azwj is the Helper upon every state. And the greetings be upon Amir Al-Momineen-asws, and Mercy of Allah-azwj, and His-azwj Blessings’’. [60]
And from Abu Jihzam Al Asady who said, ‘When the people of Syria left from Siffeen and news of the two judges came to Muawiya, and the People of Syrian pledged to him with the caliphate, it did not increase him except more strength, and there did not happen to be any worry for him except Egypt. He called Amro Bin Al-Aas, and Habeen Bin Maslama, and Busr Bin Artah, and Zahhak Bin Qays, and Abdul Rahman Bin Khalid, and Shurjeel Bin Al-Simt, and Abu Al-Awr Al-Sulamy, and Hamza Bin Malik, and consulted them regarding that. Amro Bin Al-Aas said, ‘Good is the view what you have viewed in its beginning. May you and your companions be honoured, and your enemies be disgraced’. And others said, ‘We view what Amro has viewed’. So, Muawiya wrote to Maslama Bin Makhlad Al-Ansari and to Muawiya Bin Khadeej Al-Kindy, and they were both adversaries of Ali-asws, and he called them to seek the blood of Usman. They wrote