Hadith 1

with every struggle and have dragged to him-asws the allied army. O Allah-azwj! Recompense Quraysh on my-asws behalf a Recompense, for they had cut-off my-asws relationship, and have back each other against me-asws, and pushed me-asws away from my-asws rights, and have stripped me-asws of the authority of the son-saww of my-asws uncle-as, and submitted that to the one who isn’t like me-asws in my-asws kinship with the Rasool-saww, and my-asws precedence in, except that he is making a claim I-asws do not recognise it, nor do I-asws think Allah-azwj Recognises it, and the Praise is for Allah-azwj upon every state. And as for what you mentioned from the raids of Al-Zahhak upon the people of Al-Hira, it is less and humbling to anguish with it or go near to it, but he had come among a battalion of a cavalry, so he seized upon Al-Samawah until he passed by Waqisah and Shuraf, and Al-Qutqutanah, so he did not rule that territory. I-asws have sent an intense army from the Muslims to him. When that reached him, he fled fleeing. They pursued him and caught up with him in one of the roads, and he had been careful. And that happened when the sun floated for the return. So the battle was a little skirmish. So, never, and no, he was not patient for the occurrence of supervision and turned around fleeing, and some ten men from his companions were killed, after having seized him by the throat, so it was on his last breath that he survived
And as for what you asked me-asws that I-asws should write to you with my-asws view regarding (the predicament) I-asws am in. My-asws view is to fight the cunning until I-asws meet Allah-azwj. The abundance of the people with me-asws does not increase me-asws in honour, nor is their separating from my-asws loneliness, because I-asws am rightful and Allah-azwj is with the rightful. And by Allah-azwj! I-asws do not dislike the death upon the truth, and there is no good, all of it, except after the death, for the one who was rightful. And as for request with sending to me-asws your sons and sons of your father-as, so there is no need for me-asws regarding that. Stay (where you are) guided, praised. By Allah-azwj! I-asws do not love them to die with me-asws when I-asws die, nor do I-asws reckon the son-asws of your mother-as scared, nor beseeching, and even if the people submit him-asws (to the enemy). He-asws is like what the brother of the clan of Suleym said, ‘If you were to ask me, ‘How are you? ’ So, I am patient upon the doubts of a difficult time period. It is dear unto me that you seem gloom with me, so either revile an enemy or offend a beloved’’. [11]
I (Majlisi) am saying, ‘It is reported by the Seyyid in (the book) ‘Al-Nahj (Al-Balagah)’, part of this letter is like this, ‘(Imam Ali-asws said): I-asws sent an intense army from the Muslims to him. When that reached him, he panicked fleeing, and withdrew regretful. They caught up with him in one of the roads, and the sun had started to set. They fought a little and not, and it did not happen except like pausing for an hour, unt