Hadith 148

t trust him-asws that he-asws might do something from his-asws plots to me’. He (Salman-ra) said, ‘I-ra laughed and said, ‘You are fearing him-asws? ’ He said, ‘Yes, by Allah-azwj, a fear I have not feared something like it’. Salman-ra said, ‘I-ra got energised and ignored what he had narrated to me-asws, and I-ra said, ‘O servant of Allah-azwj! Inform me-ra about something else, for by Allah-azwj, you have informed me-ra of his-asws marvels? ’
He said, ‘Then I shall inform you-ra with (something) stranger than this from I have witnessed with my eyes’. I-ra said, ‘Inform me-asws’. He said, ‘Yes. He-asws came to me angrily one day and in his-asws hand was his-asws bow. He-asws said to me: ‘O so and so! Upon you is (to make sure) your adherents do not plot to my-asws Shias, for I-asws am more appropriate that I-asws humiliate you’. I got angry as well – and I had not recognised his-asws sorcery before that – and I said, ‘O son-asws of Abu Talib-asws, shh! What is this anger and authority? Will you-asws introduce to me the right of recognition? ’ He-asws said: ‘Yes, by Allah-azwj, I-asws introduce to you your own worth’. Then he-asws threw down the bow on the ground and said: ‘Take it! ’ It became a large serpent like the serpent of Musa-as Bin Imran-as and opened its mouth and came near me to swallow me. When I saw that, my soul flew out panic and fear and I screamed and said, ‘Allah-azwj! Allah-azwj! The safety! The safety, O Amir Al-Momineen-asws! I remember whatever had happened in the caliphate of the first (Abu Bakr) from me when he leapt to you-asws, and afterward, so I remember whatever had happened from me to Khalid Bin Al-Waleed the mischief-maker when the caliph instructed him with killing you-asws, and by Allah-azwj he had not consulted me regarding that. So, it happened from me what had happened until he doubted me and the enmity occurred between us, and I remember, O Amir Al-Momineen-asws, what had happened from me in my place when I said, ‘The allegiance of Abu Bakr was a slip, so the one who repeats to the like of it, kill him’. The people were suspicious and they shouted and said, ‘Stab upon his companions’. I have recognised this, all of it, and by Allah-azwj, your-asws Shias are bothering me and disgracing upon me, and had it not been for your-asws position, O Amir Al-Momineen-asws, and I used to ill-treat them, and you-asws know that I did not plot to them from your-asws reason and your-asws prestige, so withhold this serpent from me, for it will swallow me otherwise’. When he-asws heard this talk from me, he-asws said: ‘O you poor one! You are being subtle in the speech, and we-asws, People-asws of the Household, we-asws thank for the little’. Then he-asws tapped his-asws hand to the serpent and said: ‘What are you saying? ’ I said, ‘