Hadith 138

d he indicated to him that he should write him a letter sympathising with him, and Al-Mugheira went with the letter to him. When he came to him, he pleased him and took the letter from him, manifesting the obedience in it with (certain) conditions. So, Muawiya gave him the entirety of what he had asked him and wrote to him in his own handwriting what he could rely with. He entered Syria to him, and he drew him closer, and he acknowledge upon his governance. Then he employed him upon Al-Iraq’’. [40]
And Al Madainy said, ‘When Muawiya wanted Ziyad to join up, and he had arrive to him at Syria, he gathered the people and ascended the pulpit, and Ziyad ascended along with him upon a step lower than his step, and he praised Allah-azwj and extolled upon Him-azwj, then said, ‘O you people! I have recognised our resemblances in the family regarding Ziyad, so the one who had any testimony with him, let him stand with it’. The people stood up and they testified that he was a son of Abu Sufyan, and they had heard him acknowledge with it before his death. Abu Maryam Al-Salouli stood up, and he was a drunkard during the pre-Islamic period. He said, ‘I testify, O commander of the faithful, that Abu Sufyan had arrived to us at Al-Taif, and came to me and I had bought some meat and wine and some food for him. When he had eaten, he said, ‘O Abu Maryam! Get a prostitute for me’. I went out and came to Sumayya. I said to her, ‘Abu Sufyan is someone you have known of his nobility and his generosity, and he has instructed me that I attain a prostitute for him. Is it for you? ’ She said, ‘Yes, Ubeyd has come now with his sheep, (and he was a shepherd), so when he has dined and placed down his head, I shall go to him’. I returned to Abu Sufyan and let him know. It was not long before she came, dragging her tail (of her dress) and entered (the room) with him. She did not cease to be with him until morning. I said to him when he had finished, ‘How did you see your companion? ’ He said, ‘She is a good companion, had there been no stink in her armpits’’. Ziyad said from above the pulpit, ‘O Abu Maryam! Do not insult mothers of the men, for your mother would be insulted! ’ When the speech of Muawiya had terminated and his adjuring, Ziyad stood up. He praised Allah-azwj and extolled upon Him-azwj, then said, ‘O you people! Muawiya and the witnesses have said what you have heard, and I don’t know the truth of this from its falsehood, and he and the witnesses are more knowing with what they have said, and rather Ubeyd is a father of Mabrouz and a friend of Mashkour’. Then he descended. The speech of Ibn Ab Al-Hadeed ends (here)’’. [41]