The Imam -asws expressed more sadness then Ziyad said...
The Imam -asws expressed more sadness then Ziyad said: I collected sins until I was afraid for my destruction. I then remembered your -asws love which gives me hope for my salvation and it brightened my dark condition. Abu Jafar -asws then said: ‘Is religion anything other than love? Allah -azwj has Said: He has made belief beloved to you and has beautified it in your hearts. (49:7), He -azwj has said: ‘ If you were to love Allah then follow me Allah will love you. (3:31).
He -azwj has said: ‘ they love those who migrate to you.’ (59:9). Once a man came to the Messenger of Allah -saww and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah -saww , I love people who perform Salat but I do not perform it, I love people who fast but I do not fast. The Messenger of Allah -saww said: ‘You are with those whom you love and to you belongs what you have earned.’ The Messenger of Allah -saww has said: What you are seeking to find is where you will arrive.
(Imam -asws said): It is certain that if a shocking thing may come from the sky every people will seek protection in their safe places and we -asws seek protection with our Holy Prophet -saww , and you will seek protection with us ‑asws .
[3] Appendix I: We may bite our hands upon their separation نهج، نهج البلاغة قَالَ ع فِي بَعْضِ خُطَبِهِ أَيْنَ الْقَوْمُ الَّذِينَ دُعُوا إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ فَقَبِلُوهُ وَ قَرَءُوا الْقُرْآنَ فَأَحْكَمُوهُ وَ هِيجُوا إِلَى الْجِهَادِ فَوَلِهُوا وَلَهَ اللِّقَاحِ إِلَى أَوْلَادِهَا وَ سَلَبُوا السُّيُوفَ أَغْمَادَهَا وَ أَخَذُوا بِأَطْرَافِ الْأَرْضِ زَحْفاً زَحْفاً وَ صَفّاً صَفّاً بَعْضٌ هَلَكَ وَ بَعْضٌ نَجَا لَا يُبَشَّرُونَ بِالْأَحْيَاءِ وَ لَا يُعَزَّوْنَ عَنِ الْمَوْتَى (The book) ‘Nahj Al-Balagah’ – ‘He -asws said in one of his -asws sermons: ‘Where are the people, those who were called to Al-Islam so they accepted it, and they read the Quran and made it their judge, and they were urged to the Jihad so they leapt the leaping of the camel to its children, and they bared the swords from their sheaths and took to the outskirts of the earth in groups and groups, and rows and rows.
Some were killed and some survived. They were not rejoicing with the life nor were they consoled about the dead ones. مُرْهُ الْعُيُونِ مِنَ الْبُكَاءِ خُمْصُ الْبُطُونِ مِنَ الصِّيَامِ ذُبُلُ الشِّفَاهِ مِنَ الدُّعَاءِ صُفْرُ الْأَلْوَانِ مِنَ السَّهَرِ عَلَى وُجُوهِهِمْ غَبَرَةُ الْخَاشِعِينَ أُولَئِكَ إِخْوَانِي الذَّاهِبُونَ فَحَقَّ لَنَا أَنْ نَظْمَأَ إِلَيْهِمْ وَ نَعَضَّ الْأَيْدِي عَلَى فِرَاقِهِمْ.