أ ـ مُعاوِيَةُ بنُ أبي سُفيانَ
Muawiyah ibn Abi Sufyan
690. سير أعلام النبلاء عن عبيد :
690. Siyar Aalam al-Nubala, reporting from Ubayd, who said:
جاءَ أبو مُسلِمٍ الخَولانِيُّ واُناسٌ إلى مُعاوِيَةَ وقالوا :
“Abu Muslim al-Khawlani and others came to Muawiyah and said:
أنتَ تُنازِعُ عَلِيّا ، أم أنتَ مِثلُهُ ؟
‘Are you quarrelling with Ali, or are you like him?’
فَقالَ : لا وَاللّهِ ،
He said: ‘Nay, by God,
إنّي لَأَعلَمُ أنَّهُ أفضَلُ مِنّي وأحَقُّ بِالأَمرِ مِنّي .
I know he is better than I am and has better claim to the affair than I.’ ”
سير أعلام النبلاء : ج3 ص140 ح25 .
Siyar Aalam al-Nubala, vol. 3, p. 140, h 25.
691. تاريخ دمشق عن جابر:
691. Tarikh Dimashq, reporting from Jabir who said:
كُنّا عِندَ مُعاوِيَةَ فَذُكِرَ عَلِيٌّ ،
“We were with Muawiyah when Ali was mentioned,
فَأَحسَنَ ذِكرَهُ وذِكرَ أبيهِ واُمِّهِ ،
so he spoke well of him, his father and his mother.
ثُمَّ قالَ : وكَيفَ لا أقولُ هذا لَهُم ؟
He then said: ‘Why should I not say this about them?
هُم خِيارُ خَلقِ اللّهِ ،
They are the best of God’s creation,
وعِندَهُ بَنيهِ أخيارٌ أبناءُ أخيارٍ .
and his sons are the pick of the human race.’ ”
تاريخ دمشق : ج42 ص415 .
Tarikh Dimashq, vol. 42, p. 415.
692. مقتل أمير المؤمنين عن مغيرة:
692. Maqtal Amir al-Mu’minin, reporting from Mughira, who said:
لَمّا جيءَ مُعاوِيَةُ بِنَعيِ عَلِيِّ بنِ أبي طالِبٍ عليه السلام
“When the news of the death of Ali ibn Abi Talib (AS) was brought to Muawiyah,
وهُوَ قائِلٌ مَعَ امرَأَتِهِ ابنَةِ قَرَظَةَ في يَومٍ صائِفٍ فَقالَ :
he was having an afternoon nap with his wife, daughter of QaraÛah, on a summer day, so he said:
إنّا لِلّهِ وإنّا إلَيهِ راجِعونَ ،
‘To God we belong and unto Him is our return.
ماذا فَقَدوا مِنَ العِلمِ وَالخَيرِ وَالفَضلِ وَالفِقهِ ؟
What have they lost of knowledge, good, virtue and comprehension [of religion]?’
قالَتِ امرَأَتُهُ : بِالأَمسِ كُنتَ تَطعَنُ في عَينَيهِ وتَستَرجِعُ اليَومَ عَلَيهِ !
His wife said: ‘Yesterday you would speak ill of him and today you retain a good impression of him!’
قالَ : وَيلَكِ !
He said: ‘Woe unto you!
لا تَدرينَ ماذا فَقَدوا مِن عِلمِهِ وفَضلِهِ وسَوابِقِهِ !
You do not know what they have lost of his knowledge, excellence and precedence.’ ”
مقتل أمير المؤمنين : ص105 ح94 .
Maqtal Amir al-Mu’minin, p. 105, h 94.
ب ـ عَمرُو بنُ العاصِ
Amr ibn al-As
693. وقعة صفّين عن عمر بن سعد بإسناده :
693. Waqat Siffin, reporting from Amr ibn Sad, who said:
قالَ مُعاوِيَةُ لِعَمرٍو :
“Muawiyah said to Amr:
يا أبا عَبدِ اللّهِ ، إنّي أدعوكَ إلى جِهادِ هذَا الرَّجُلِ الَّذي عَصى رَبَّهُ
‘O Abu Abdillah, indeed I call you to fight this man, who has disobeyed his Lord,
وقَتَلَ الخَليفَةَ ،
and killed the Caliph,
وأظهَرَ الفِتنَةَ ،
sowed dissension,
وفَرَّقَ الجَماعَةَ ،
divided the community
وقَطَعَ الرَّحِمَ !!
and severed the family ties.’
قالَ عَمرٌو : إلى مَن ؟
Amr said: ‘To fight whom?’
قالَ : إلى جِهادِ عَلِيٍّ .
He said: ‘To fight Ali.’
فَقالَ عَمرٌو : وَاللّهِ يا مُعاوِيَةُ ، ما أنتَ وعَلِيٌّ بِعِكمَي بَعيرٍ ،
Amr said: ‘By God, O Muawiyah, you and Ali are not equals;
ما لَكَ هِجرَتُهُ ولا سابِقَتُهُ ،
you do not enjoy his migration, precedence,
ولا صُحبَتُهُ ، ولا جِهادُهُ ،
companionship, striving [in the path of God],
ولا فِقهُهُ وعِلمُهُ .
comprehension [of religion] and knowledge.
وَاللّهِ إنَّ لَهُ مَعَ ذلِكَ حَدّا وجِدّا ،
By God, he has also sharpness, earnestness,
وحَظّا وحُظوَةً ،
good fortune, preference
وبَلاءً مِنَ اللّهِ حَسَنا ،
and standing the test from God.
فَما تَجعَلُ لي إن شايَعتُكَ عَلى حَربِهِ ،
What will you grant me if I support you in fighting him
وأنتَ تَعلَمُ ما فيهِ مِنَ الغَرَرِ وَالخَطَرِ ؟
when you know the peril that lies in this action?’
قالَ : حُكمَكَ .
He said: ‘What is your opinion?’
قال : مِصرَ طُعمَةً .
He said: ‘Egypt is enough.’ ”
وقعة صفّين : ص37 .
Waqat Siffin, p. 37.
ج ـ مَروانُ بنُ الحَكَمِ
Marwan ibn al-Hakam
694. شرح نهج البلاغة عن ابن أبي سيف :
694. Sharh Nahj al-Balagha, reporting from Ibn Abu Sayf who said:
خَطَبَ مَروانُ وَالحَسَنُ عليه السلام جالِسٌ
“Marwan delivered a sermon when al-Hasan (AS) was sitting.
فَنالَ مِن عَلِيٍّ ،
He spoke ill of Ali (AS).
فَقالَ الحَسَنُ عليه السلام :
Al-Hasan said to him:
وَيلَكَ يا مَروانُ !!
‘Woe unto you O Marwan!
أ هذَا الَّذي تَشتُمُ شَرُّ النّاسِ ؟
Is the one whom you are reviling the most wicked of people?’
قالَ : لا ، ولكِنَّهُ خَيرُ النّاسِ .
He said: ‘No, but he is the best of people.’ ”
شرح نهج البلاغة : ج13 ص220 .
Sharh Nahj al-Balagha, vol. 13, p. 220.
د ـ الوَليدُ بنُ عَبدِ المَلِكِ
Al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik
695. الإرشاد:
695. Al-Irshad, reporting:
قالَ الوَليدُ بنُ عَبدِ المَلِكِ لِبَنيهِ يَوما :
“One day al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik said to his sons:
يا بَنِيَّ عَلَيكُم بِالدّينِ ،
‘O my sons, adhere to religion.
فَإِنّي لَم أرَ الدّينَ بَنى شَيئا فَهَدَمَتهُ الدُّنيا ،
For indeed I have not seen religion building anything which the world has destroyed.
ورَأَيتُ الدُّنيا قَد بَنَت بُنيانا هَدَمَهُ الدّينُ .
I have seen the world building a building which religion has destroyed.
ما زِلتُ أسمَعُ أصحابَنا وأهلَنا يَسُبّونَ عَلِيَّ بنَ أبي طالِبٍ ويَدفِنونَ فَضائِلَهُ ،
I never cease to hear our followers and family members revile Ali ibn Abi Talib,
ويَحمِلونَ النّاسَ عَلى شَنَآنِهِ ،
bury his merits and force the people to hate him,
فَلا يَزيدُهُ ذلِكَ مِنَ القُلوبِ إلّا قُربا ،
but it would only bring the hearts closer [to him].
ويَجتَهِدونَ في تَقريبِهِم مِن نُفوسِ الخَلقِ
They strive to make themselves closer to the spirits of the people,
فَلا يَزيدُهُم ذلِكَ إلّا بُعدا .
yet it only increases their distance from them.”
الإرشاد : ج1 ص310 .
Al-Irshad‚ vol. 1, p. 310.
ه ـ عَبدُ العَزيزِ بنُ مَروانَ
Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan
696. شرح نهج البلاغة عن عمر بن عبد العزيز :
696. Sharh Nahj al-Balagha, reporting from Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz, who said:
كانَ أبي يَخطُبُ فَلا يَزالُ مُستَمِرّا في خُطبَتِهِ ،
“My father once delivered a sermon.
حَتّى إذا صارَ إلى ذِكرِ عَلِيٍّ وسَبِّهِ
He kept on his sermon until, when he made mention of Ali (AS) and began to revile him,
تَقَطَّعَ لِسانُهُ ، وَاصفَرَّ وَجهُهُ ، وتَغَيَّرَت حالُهُ ،
I noticed that he stuttered, his face become pale and his condition changed.
فَقُلتُ لَهُ في ذلِكَ ،
I spoke to him about that,
فَقالَ : أ وَقَد فَطَنتَ لِذلِكَ ؟
so he said: ‘Did you notice that?
إنَّ هؤُلاءِ لَو يَعلَمونَ مِن عَلِيٍّ ما يَعلَمُهُ أبوكَ ما تَبِعَنا مِنهُم رَجُلٌ .
If those around us had known about Ali what your father knows, none of them would have followed us.’ ”
شرح نهج البلاغة : ج13 ص221 .
Sharh Nahj al-Balagha, vol. 13, p. 221.
