Then he walked in his slippers, and these were torn.
Then he walked in his slippers, and these were torn. Then he went on his feet, and they were bruised, then he walked upon his knees and they were injured. He came to a tree and sat beneath it. فَجَاءَ الْمَلَكُ فَأَخْبَرَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ بِمَكَانِهِ، فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ زَيْداً وَ الزُّبَيْرَ فَقَالَ لَهُمَا: ايتِيَاهُ فَهُوَ بِمَكَانِ ..
كَذَا وَ كَذَا فَاقْتُلَاهُ، فَلَمَّا أَتَيَاهُ قَالَ زَيْدٌ لِلزُّبَيْرِ: إِنَّهُ ادَّعَى أَنَّهُ قَتَلَ أَخِي- وَ قَدْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ آخَى بَيْنَ حَمْزَةَ وَ زيدا [زَيْدٍ]- فَاتْرُكْنِي أَقْتُلْهُ، فَتَرَكَهُ الزُّبَيْرُ فَقَتَلَهُ An Angel came and informed Rasool-Allah -saww of his place. Rasool-Allah -saww sent Zayd and Al-Zubeyr to him. He -saww said to them: ‘Go to him, he is in such and such place, and kill him’.
When they came to him, Zayd said to Al-Zubeyr, ‘He claims that he killed my brother’ – and Rasool-Allah -saww had established brother-hood between Hamza ar and Zayd – ‘So leave me to kill him. Al-Zubeyr left him, he killed him.
فَرَجَعَ عُثْمَانُ مِنْ عِنْدِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فَقَالَ لِمَرْأَتِهِ، إِنَّكِ أَرْسَلْتِي إِلَى أَبِيكِ فَأَعْلَمْتِيهِ بِمَكَانِ عَمِّي، فَحَلَفَتْ لَهُ بِاللَّهِ مَا فَعَلَتْ، فَلَمْ يُصَدِّقْهَا، فَأَخَذَ خَشَبَةَ الْقَتَبِ فَضَرَبَهَا ضَرْباً مُبَرِّحاً، فَأَرْسَلَتْ إِلَى أَبِيهَا تَشْكُوا ذَلِكَ وَ تُخْبِرُهُ بِمَا صَنَعَ Usman returned from the presence of the Prophet -saww and said to his wife, ‘You -as sent me to your -as father -saww and taught him -saww the place of my uncle’.
She -as oathed to him, ‘By Allah -azwj ! I did not do it’. But he did not ratify her -as . He grabbed a stick and hit her -as a sharp hit. She -as sent a message to her -as father -saww complaining of that and informed him -saww of what had happened.
فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهَا: إِنِّي لَأَسْتَحِي لِلْمَرْأَةِ أَنْ لَا تَزَالَ تَجُرُّ ذُيُولَهَا تَشْكُو زَوْجَهَا، فَأَرْسَلَتْ إِلَيْهِ أَنَّهُ: قَدْ قَتَلَنِي، فَقَالَ لِعَلِيٍ: خُذِ السَّيْفَ ثُمَّ ائْتِ بِنْتَ عَمِّكَ فَخُذْ بِيَدِهَا، فَمَنْ حَالَ بَيْنَكَ وَ بَيْنَهَا فَاضْرِبْهُ بِالسَّيْفِ He -saww sent a message to her -as : ‘I -saww am embarrassed for the woman if she does not drag her tail complaining of her husband’. She -as sent a message to him -saww , ‘He has killed me’.
He -saww said to Ali -asws : ‘Take the sword, then go to the daughter -as of your -asws uncle -saww and hold her -as hand.
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