Hadith 4

urrected, and Reckoned with, and crossed the Bridge, and he had come to the Fountain of the Prophet-saww, and Al-Hassan-asws and Al-Husayn-asws were quenching (the people). He said, ‘I requested Al-Hassan-asws to be quenched, but he-asws did not quench me. And I requested Al-Husayn-asws to be quenched, but he-asws did not quench me. I approached Rasool-Allah-saww and said, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww! I am a man from your-saww community, and I had requested Al-Hassan-asws, but he-asws did not quench me, and I requested Al-Husayn-asws, but he-asws did not quench me’. The Rasool-saww shouted at the top of his-saww voice: ‘Do not quench him! Do not quench him! ’ I said, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww! I a man from your-saww community. I have neither replaced nor changed’. He-saww said: ‘Yes. There was a neighbour for you cursing Ali-asws and derogating him-asws. You did not stop forbid him’. I said, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww! He is a man deceived with the world and I am a poor man. There is no strength for me (to deal) with him’. The Rasool-saww brought out an unsheathed knife and said: ‘Go and slaughter him with it! ’ So, I went to the door of the man and found it open. I climbed the stairs and found him lying upon his bed. I slaughtered him and came with the knife stained with the blood and gave it to Rasool-Allah-saww. He-saww took it and said, ‘Both of you-asws quench him! ’ I grabbed the cup. I don’t know whether I drank it or not, and I woke up alarmed, frightened. I rushed to perform wud’u and prayed Salat for as long as Allah-azwj so Desired, and I placed down my head and slept, and I heard the shouting in my neighbourhood. I asked about the situation. It was said, ‘So and so has been found slaughtered upon his bed’. It was not long before the governor and the guards came, and they seized the neighbour. I said (to myself), ‘I slaughtered the man, and there is no leeway for me to conceal’. I went to the governor and said, ‘I slaughtered the man’. You cannot be accused upon the like of this’. I narrated the dream to him and said, ‘O you governor! Allah-azwj has Corrected it, so it is neither my fault nor the fault of theirs’. The governor said, ‘May Allah-azwj Give you excellent Recompense. You are innocent and the people are innocent’. The sheykh said Ali Bin Muhammad Al-Samman said, ‘There was not heard in Al-Iraq any Hadeeth more excellent than this Hadeeth’’. [4]