Hadith 117

volence, he-asws would be humble for himself-asws and leave the nobility to others. And the nobility of Abu Talib-asws is what the people have known, and he-asws is a son-asws of an uncle-as of Rasool-Allah-saww to his-asws father-as and his-asws mother-as. His-asws father-as is Abu Talib-asws Bin Abdul Muttalib-asws Bin Hashim-asws. And his-asws mother-as is (Syeda) Fatima-asws Bint Asad-as, the one whom Rasool-Allah-saww had addressed her-as in her-as grave, and enshrouded her-as in his-asws shirt, and wrapped her-as in his-asws cloak, and guaranteed to her-as upon Allah-azwj that her-as shroud would not decay, and that the bareness would not be revealed for her-as, nor would the Angels of the grave overcome upon her-as, and praised upon her-as at her-as death, and mentioned the goodness of her-as dealings with him-saww, and his-saww upbringing by her-as, and he-saww was with his-saww uncle-as Abu Talib-asws, and said: ‘The benefit of anyone did not benefit me-saww as such’. Then the eloquence. The people stood to him-asws when he-asws descended from the pulpit, and they said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen-asws! We have not heard anyone at all more eloquent than you-asws, nor anyone more articulate’. He-asws smiled and said: ‘And what prevents me-asws and I-asws was blessed (to my-asws parents) at Makkah’, and he-asws did not add for them upon these two words. Then the sermon, have the listeners from the former ones and the latter ones heard the like of his-asws sermons, and his-asws speeches, and the people of the registers claimed, ‘Had it not been for the speech of Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws, and his-asws sermons, and his-asws eloquence in his-asws talk, no one would have been good at writing to a commander of an army nor to any citizen’. Then as for the governance, so the entireties of the ones who fought against him-asws and disregarded him-asws were upon the ignorance and the blindness and the straying. They said, ‘We are seeking blood of Usman’, and there did not happen to be in their selves/themselves, nor any worthiness of their hearts that they should be calling for the governance along with him-asws. And he-asws said: ‘I-asws am calling you-asws all to Allah-azwj and to His-azwj Rasool-saww with the deeds, with what you-asws are acknowledging for Allah-azwj and His-azwj Rasool-saww, from the Obligation of the obedience’, and his-asws answering Rasool-Allah-saww to the acknowledgment with the Book and the Sunnah. Then the leniency – Safiyya daughter of Abdullah Bin Khalaf Al-Khuzaie said to him-asws, ‘May Allah-azwj Cause your-asws wives to be widowed from you-asws, like what He-azwj has Caused our women to be widowed! And May Allah-azwj Orphan your-asws children from you-asws like what He-azwj has Orphaned our sons from their fathers! ’
The people leapt upon her. He-asws said: ‘Refrain from the woman! ’ They refrained from her. She said to her family members, ‘Woe be unto you all, those who said this one does not hear his speech at all! I am surprised from his-asws leniency from it’. Then the knowledge, so how many times Umar has said his words, ‘Had it not been for Ali-asws, Umar would have been destroyed! ’
Then, the consultation in every matter flowing between them until he-asws gave them the way out. Then the judgments