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1123 - صُلحُ الإمامِ الحَسَنِ عليه السلام‏

1123. IMAM AL-HASAN (AS)’S PEACE TREATY

3579.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام - في وصيَّتِهِ لابنِهِ الحَسنِ عليه السلام لمّا ضَرَبَهُ ابنُ مُلجَمٍ - : واعلَمْ أنّ معاويةَ سَيُخالِفُكَ كما خالَفَنِي، فإن وادَعتَهُ وصالَحتَهُ كُنتَ مُقتَدِياً بِجَدِّكَ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله في مُوادَعَتِهِ بَنِي ضَمرَةَ وبَنِي أشجَعَ... فإن أرَدتَ مُجاهَدَةَ عَدُوِّكَ فَلَن يَصلُحَ لكَ مِن شِيعَتِكَ مَن يَصلُحُ لأبيكَ .1

3579.Imam Ali (AS) said in his will to his son after he had been struck by Ibn Muljim, ‘Know that Muawiya will oppose you just as he opposed me, and in conciliating and making peace with him, you will be following in the footsteps of your grandfather (AS) when he conciliated with the Bani ?amra and the Bani Ashja tribes … and if instead you wish to fight your enemy, know that you will not find any from among your followers who will be loyal to you anymore than those loyal to your father.’2

3580.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : إنّ الحَسنَ بنَ عليٍّ عليهما السلام لَمّا طُعِنَ واختَلَفَ الناسُ عَليهِ سَلَّمَ الأمرَ لِمعاويةَ، فَسَلَّمَت علَيهِ الشِّيعَةُ «علَيكَ السَّلامُ يا مُذِلَّ المؤمنينَ !» فقالَ عليه السلام : ما أنا بِمُذِلِّ المُؤمنينَ، ولكِنّي مُعِزُّ المؤمنينَ، إنّي لَمّا رَأيتُكُم ليسَ بِكُم علَيهِم قُوَّةٌ سَلَّمتُ الأمرَ لأِبقى‏ أنا وأنتُم بينَ أظهُرِهِم، كما عابَ العالِمُ السَّفِينَةَ لِتَبقى‏ لأصحابِها، وكذلكَ نَفسِي وأنتُم لِنَبقى‏ بَينَهُم .3

3580.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Verily Hasan b. Ali (AS), when he was reproached and opposed by the people for having made peace with Muawiya, people would greet him in the street saying, ‘Peace be upon you O degrader of the believers’, and he (AS) would reply, ‘I am not a degrader of the believers, rather I am elevating the believers. Verily when I saw you having no strength to overpower them [Muawiya’s army], I made peace in order that you and I may remain alive in their midst, just like the wise one [al-Khidr] damaged the boat in order that it may be spared for its owners. Thus did I act for yours and my benefit in order that we remain alive among them.’4

1.نهج السعادة : ۲ / ۷۴۲ .

2.Nahj al-Saada, v. ۲, p. ۷۴۲

3.بحار الأنوار : ۷۸ / ۲۸۷ / ۲ .

4.Bihar al-Anwar, v. ۷۸, p. ۲۸۷, no. ۲

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