Before fighting I asked them to be steadfast in allegiance...
Before fighting I asked them to be steadfast in allegiance and behaved with them with consideration but they belittled the blessing and refused (to adopt the course of) safety. فَأَقْبَلْتُمْ إِلَيَّ إِقْبَالَ الْعُوذِ الْمَطَافِيلِ عَلَى أَوْلاَدِهَا، تَقُولُونَ: الْبَيْعَةَ الْبَيْعَةَ! قَبَضْتُ كَفِّي فَبَسَطْتُمُوهَا، وَنَازَعَتْكُمْ يَدِي فَجَاذَبْتُمُوهَا.
اللَّهُمَّ إنَّهُمَا قَطَعَاني وَظَلَمَاني، وَنَكَثَا بَيْعَتِي، وَأَلَّبَا النَّاسَ عَلَيَّ; فَاحْلُلْ مَا عَقَدَا، وَلاَ تُحْكِمْ لَهُمَا مَا أَبْرَمَا، وَأَرِهِمَا الْمَسَاءَةَ فِيَما أَمَّلاَ وَعَمِلاَ، وَلَقَدِ اسْتَثَبْتُهُمَا قَبْلَ الْقِتَالِ، وَاسْتَأْنَيْتُ بِهمَا أَمَامَ الْوِقَاعِ، فَغَمَطَا النِّعْمَةَ، وَرَدَّا الْعَافِيَةَ.
Alternative Sources for Sermon 137 (1) Ibn `Abd al-Birr, al-'Isti`ab, II, 211; (2) Ibn al-'Athir, Usd al-ghabah, II, 61; (3) al-Mufid in al-'Irshad, 146, 142, and al-Jamal, 143, from al-Waqidi; (4) Ibn al-*'*Athir, al-Nihayah, III, 318 (`a.w.dh); (5) Ibn Qutaybah, al-'Imamah, I, 154; (6) al-Thaqafi, al-Gharat, I, 310; (7) al-Tabari, al-Mustarshid, 95; (8) Ibn Tawus, Kashf, 173; (9) Safwah, Jamharah; (10) al-Tabari, Ta'rikh, * VI, 3143. Previous…
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