Then he went with them still around him until they reached a...

Then he went with them still around him until they reached a magnificent house where he asked to be admitted and he was admitted. He then found himself amongst a group of women all bewailing in the courtyard of the house, and when they saw him they began to shriek and say: 'He is the killer of our beloveds.' However he did not say anything to them. He asked the whereabouts of the chamber of 'Aishah. The door was opened and he was admitted.

Then it was heard that in their conversation 'Aishah was 2 9 This is because they could regroup and reinforce and come back again. apologetic - "No by Allah", "Yes by Allah". Then he exited and looked towards a woman and said: 'Come here O Saffiyah.' She hurried towards him and he said to her: 'Do you not dismiss those who say that I am the killer of beloveds.

For if I was the killer of beloveds I would h ave killed those who are in th at chamber, and in this one, and in this one.' He indicated three rooms. The woman went to the other women and those in the house who were wailing fell silent and those standing sat down.' Al-Asbagh (The narrator of the hadith) said: 'In one of the rooms was 'Aishah30 and her confidantes. In another room were Marwan ibn al Hakam and some young men of the Qureish. In another were 'Abdullah ibn al-Zubeir and his folk.

' Al-Asbagh was asked: 'So why did you not raise your hands against those people. Were they not the cause of the sore?

Why did you let them live?' He said: 'We took hold of our swords and narrowed our eyes towards Imam 'Ali (A) waiting for his command to kill them but he did not do so and instead chose to grant a general amnesty." Sheikh al-Mufid has said in the book "al-Kafi'a fi Ibtal taubat al- Khati'a", from Abu Mukhnaf Lut ibn Yahya, from 'Abdullah ibn 'Asim, from Muhammad ibn Bashir al-Hamdani who said: 'The letter of Amir- ul-Mu'mineen (A) came with 'Umar ibn Salma al-Awha to the People of Kufa.

He saluted the people so that all the people could hear it and gathered in the Mosque. The call to congregational prayer was announced and not one person tarried. Then the letter was read: 'In the Name of Allah The Beneficent The Merciful. From 'Abdullah Amir-ul-Mu'mineen (A) to Qarzah ibn Ka'b and the Muslims; Peace be upon you, I praise Allah there is no deity but He. Now, we h ave met with the treachero us people . . .