Hadith 255

of Amir Al-Momineen-asws, and he was saying: ‘By Allah-azwj! The pillars of guidance have been demolished, and by Allah-azwj, the flags of piety are effaced (obliterated). The son-asws of an uncle-as of Muhammad Al-Mustafa-saww has been killed! Ali Al-Murtaza-asws has been killed! The most wretched of the wretches has killed him-asws! ’
She awakened me and said to me, ‘You are sleeping and your Imam Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws has been killed? ’ I woke up from her speech alarmed, scared, and I said to her, ‘O woe be unto you! What is this talk? May Allah-azwj Break your mouth! Perhaps the Satan-la has cast this into your ears, or a dream has been cast to you. Oh woe be unto you! Amir Al-Momineen-asws, it isn’t for anyone from the creatures of Allah-azwj the Exalted faced any grievance or injustice from him-asws, and he-asws was towards the orphans like the merciful father, and to the widows like the kind guardian, and after that, who is the one is able upon killing Amir Al-Momineen-asws, and he-asws is the ferocious lion, and the important hero, and the daring horseman? ’
She frequented upon me and said, ‘I heard what you did not hear, and I know what you do not know’. I said to her, ‘And what did you hear? Inform me about the voice’. She said to me, ‘I heard a called calling out at the top of his voice: ‘By Allah-azwj! The pillars of guidance have been demolished, and by Allah-azwj, the flags of piety are effaced. The son-asws of an uncle-as of Muhammad Al-Mustafa-saww has been killed! Ali Al-Murtaza-asws has been killed! The most wretched of the wretches has killed him-asws! ’
Then she said, ‘I do not think there is any house in Al-Kufa except that this voice would have entered it’. He (the narrator) said, ‘While I and she were in the responding talk, there was a mighty scream and sound, and loud noise, and a speaker said, ‘Amir Al-Momineen-asws has been killed! ’ My heart felt the evil, so I extended my hand to the sword and unsheathed it and held it, and I descended quickly, and opened a door of my house and came out. When I came to be in the middle of the road, I looked right and left, and there was the enemy of Allah-azwj roaming in it seeking as escape. But he-la could not find any, and the roads had been blocked in his-la face. When I looked at him-la, and he-la as well looked at me, I found his-la matter suspicious, so I called out to him, ‘O woe be unto you-la! Who are you-la, and what do you-la want? May there be no mother for you-la! You-la are coming and going in this pathway? ’
He-la named himself-la with other than his-la name, and teknonymed to other than his-la teknonym’. I said to him-la, ‘Where are you-la coming from? ’ He-la said, ‘From my-la house’. I said, ‘And where are you-la intending to go at this time? ’ He-la said, ‘To Al-Hira’. I said, ‘And why didn’t you-la sit until you-la had prayed with Amir Al-Momineen-asws, the morning Salat, then go regarding your-la need? ’ He-la said, ‘I-la fear that if I-la had sat for the Salat, my-la need would be lost to me-la’. I said, ‘O woe be unto you! I heard a scream and a speaker saying that Amir Al-Momineen-asws had been killed, so is there any news with you about that? ’ He-la said, ‘There is no knowledge for me with that’. So, why don’t you-la come with me until you-la investigate the news and (then) go regarding your-la need? ’ He-la said, ‘I-la shall go regarding my-la need, and it is more important to me-la than that’. When he-la said to me a word like that, I said, ‘O depraved of the men! Is your-la need more beloved to you-la than investigating for Amir Al-Momineen-asws, and Imam-asws of the Muslims, and then, by Allah-azwj, O depraved, there is no share for you-la in the Presence of Allah-azwj! ’ And I approached him-la with my sword and thought that if