Hadith 13

(The book) ‘Al Amaali’ of Al Sadouq – ‘Al Qattan, from Ibn Zakariya, from Ibn Habeed, from Ali Bin Ziyad, from Al haysam Bin Adayy, from Al Amsh, from Yunus Bin Abu Is’haq who said, ‘It is narrated to us by Abu Al Saqar, from Adayy Bin Artah who said, ‘One day Muawiya said to Amro Bin Al-Aas, ‘O Abu Abdullah! Which one of us is more cunning? ’ Amro said, ‘I am for the conjecture and you are for the (fabricating) the reports’. Muawiya said, ‘You have judged for me against yourself, and I am more cunning than you are regarding conjecture’. Amro said, ‘So, where was your cunningness on the days the Qurans were raised (on the spears at battle of Siffeen)? ’ You have overcome me with it, O Abu Abdullah. Shall I ask you something, you can ratify me regarding it? ’ He said, ‘By Allah-azwj! The lying is ugly, so ask about whatever comes to you, I shall ratify you’. He said, ‘Have you ever cheated me since you have been advising me? ’ He said, ‘No’. He said, ‘Yes, by Allah-azwj! You have deceived me. But, I am not saying in every place, but in one place’. He said, ‘And which place? ’ He said, ‘The day Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws called me to the duel, so I consulted you and said, ‘What is your view, O Abu Abdullah? ’ You said, ‘An honourable match’. You advised upon me with duelling him-asws, and you know who he-asws is. So, I knew that you are deceiving me’. He said, ‘O commander of the faithful! A man had called you to a duel, being of mighty nobility, the majestic, the danger, and from his-asws duel you would have been upon one of the two good deeds. Either you would have killed him-asws and would have become a killer of the killer of the generations, and you have increased in nobility by it to your (current) nobility, and left your kingdom; or you would have hastened to the friendship of the Martyrs and the Righteous; and a goodly company are they! [4: 69]’. Muawiya said, ‘This is eviler than the first. By Allah-azwj! I know that if I kill him-asws, I will enter the Fire, and if he-asws had killed me, I would (also) enter the Fire’. Amro said to him, ‘So, what carried you upon fighting him-asws? ’ He said, ‘The futile kingdom, and no one will hear it from me after you’’. [59]
(The book) ‘Al Amaali’ of the sheykh Al Tusi – Al Mufeed, from Muhammad Bin Imran, from Muhammad Bin Is’haq, from Al Waleed Bin Muhammad Bin Is’haq, from his father who said, ‘Amro Bin Al-Aas sought permission to see Muawiya Bin Abu Sufyan. When he entered to see him, Muawiya laughed. Amro said to him, ‘What makes you laugh, O commander of the faithful? May Allah-azwj Make you cheerful constantly’. He said, ‘I remember the son-asws of A