Hadith 255

this with our dog, we forgave you-la, and now we notify you-la of what we had determined upon’. He-la asked them of their names. One of them said, ‘I am Al-Bark Bin Abdullah Al-Tameemi, and this is Abdullah Bin Usman Al-Anbari, my brother-in-law, and we have looked into what we are upon, regarding our doctrine. We view that the mischief of the earth and the community, all of it is from three persons – Abu Turab-asws, and Muawiya, and Amro Bin Al-Aas. As for Abu Turab-asws, he-asws killed our men as you-la have seen. And we have thought about the two men, Muawiya and Ibn Al-Aas, and they have made a governor to be upon us, the unjust, the brute Bishr Bin Artah. He is knocking us down all the time, and seizes our wealth, and we have determined upon killing these three. So, when we have killed them, we shall have a foothold in the land, and we shall sit/place an imam for the people they would be pleased with’. When Ibn Muljim-la heard their talk, clasped by one of his-la hand upon the other and said, ‘By the One-azwj Who Split the seed and formed the person and responds with the Greatness! I-la am your third, and I-la shall separate upon your view, and I-la shall suffice you both with the matter of Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws! ’
They looked at him-la, astonished from his-la talk. He-la said, ‘I-la am not saying to you except truth’. Then he-la mentioned his-la story to them. When they heard his-la speech, they recognised his-la correctness and said, ‘Qatam is from our people, and her family are from our clan, so we, by the Praise of Allah-azwj, are upon our co-incidence. This cannot be completed except with the strong faith. We shall ride our rides now and go to the Kabah. We shall make a pact at it upon the loyalty’. When they woke up in the morning, they rode. Some of their people were present with them and they consulted them and said, ‘Do not do that, for there is no one from you except he will regret a mighty regret’. But they did not accept, and they travelled together until they came to the House (Kabah) and made a pact at it. Al-Bark said, ‘I am for Amro Bin Al-Aas! ’ And Al-Anbari said, ‘I am for Muawiya! ’ And Ibn Muljim-la said, ‘I-la am for Ali-asws! ’ They swore an oath upon that, the solemn oath, and they entered Al-Medina and they swore at the grave of the Prophet-saww upon that. Then they separated, and they had specified a known day they would be killing all of them during it. They each of them travelled upon his road. As for Al-Bark, he came to Egypt and entered the central Masjid, and stayed in it for day. Amro Bin Aas came out one day to the central Masjid and sat in it after his Salat. Al-Bark came and greeted unto him, then he narrated regarding the skill of the Ahadeeth, and the apex of speech, and the poetry. Amro Bin Al-Aas was impressed by him and drew him nearer, and closer to him, and became eating with him upon one meal. He stayed to the night which they had promised regarding it. He went to the (river) Nile of Egypt and sat thinking. When the sun set, he came to the central Masjid and sat in it. When it was the time of breaking the Fast, he missed Amro Bin Al-Aas. He could not see him. He said to his son, ‘What happened to our companion, and where has he gone, for I cannot see him? So, send a message to him, calling him. Say to him, ‘This night isn’t like the (other) nights, and I would love it if I were to stay this night of mine in the central Masjid, desiring regarding what is in the Presence of Allah-azwj, and I would love it if the Emir would participate in that’’. When he returned to him and informed him with that, he was joyful with great joy, and sent a meal to him. He ate and spent his night awaiting the arrival of Amro, and he was the one who used to pray Salat (leading) them. When it was d