Ibn Abi- al-H?

Ibn Abi- al-H?adi-d writes: “Abu Sufya-n said, when the emigrants (muha-jiri-n) gathered around Abu Bakr: 'Islam has been encompassed by a great tornado which will not be calmed except by the spilling of blood.' He then approached ?Ali- (a) and ?Abba-s and said: 'Abu Bakr has won, even though he is in the minority.' Subsequently, he stretched his hand out to ?Ali- (a) to swear allegiance and said: 'I shall fill Medina's Mosque full of soldiers against Abu Bakr.' ?Ali- (a) did not accept his allegiance and when Abu Sufya-n became hopeless he recited the following two lines of poetry: No man will tolerate inequity aimed at him, Except the two most base ones, who lack both life and spine, This one is bound completely to a hoof, While that one's head is cracked open, such that no one will mourn him.[^5] “Abu Sufya-n recited the following poem to the Commander of the Faithfulon the day that Abu Bakr became caliph: Oh Bani- Ha-shim, do not…