Hadith 12

ther-asws is better than both of them (Al-Hassan-asws and Al-Husayn-asws’), and there did not flow upon him-asws the name of Shirk nor did he-asws drink wine? And Rasool-Allah-saww had said to (Syeda) Fatima-asws: ‘Your-asws husband-asws is the best of my-saww community’. So, had there been in his-saww anyone better than him-asws, he-saww would have made an exclusion for him. And Rasool-Allah-saww had established brotherhood between his-saww companions, and established brotherhood between Ali-asws and himself-saww. Rasool-Allah-saww is best of the people himself-saww, and best of them as brother’. I said, ‘O Abu Saeed! So what is this which is being said about you that you said it regarding Ali-asws! ? ’ He said, ‘O son of my brother! I saved my blood from these tyrants, and had it not been that, the wood would have flowed with me (Would have been killed)’’. [42]
And our elder Abu Ja’far Al-Iskafy said, and I (Majlisi) found it was well in ‘Kitab Al-Gharaat’ – And there were at Al-Kufa, from its jurists, ones who were inimical to Ali-asws and hated him-asws with the prevalence of the Shiaism upon Al-Kufa. From them was Marrah Al-Hamdani. It is reported that it was said to Marrah, ‘How come you are staying back from Ali-asws? ’ He said, ‘He-asws preceded us with his-asws good deeds and burdened us with his-asws evil deeds’. And from them is Al-Aswad Bin Yazeed and Masrouq Bin Al-Ajda’a. And it is reported that Masrouq retracted from that. And from them is Shureyh (the judge). And it is reported that he had been expelled from Al-Kufa. And he-asws sent him to Banaqiya for two months to judge between the Jews. And from them is Abu wa’il Shaqeeq Bin Salamah, who was an Usman supporter indulging in suspicious activities regarding Ali-asws. And it is said that he used to view the view of the Kharijites. And from the haters to Ali-asws is Abu Bardah Bin Abu Musa Al Ashary, for he had inherited the hatred from dimwitedness. And from the ones turning away from him-asws was Abdul Rahman Al-Salamy. And from them was Qays Bin Abu Hazim, and Saeed Bin Al-Musayyab, and Al-Zuhry, and Urwah Bin Al-Zubeyr. And Zayd Bin Sabit was an Usman supporter, urging the people upon reviling Ali-asws. And Al-Mak’howl was from the haters to him-asws, and like that was Hammad Bin Zayd. I (Majlisi) am saying, ‘Al-Saqafy has extended the speech in Kitab Al-Gharaat regarding a number of these wretched ones and explained their states. And it is reported from Ata’a Bin Al-Sa’aib who said, ‘A man said to Abu Abdul Rahman Al-Sulamy, ‘I adjure you with Allah-azwj, except that you should inform me what I am asking you about’. But he was silent. When he emphasised upon him, he said, ‘Yes’. He said, ‘By Allah-azwj upon you! Did you hate Ali-asws only on the day he-asws distributed the wealth among the people of Al-Kufa, and he-asws did not help you nor your family members with anything from it? ’ He said, ‘since you have adjured me with Allah-azwj, so that has happened’’. [43]
And he said, ‘Usama Bin Zayd sent a message to Ali-asws, ‘Send my award to m