So Hind’s son (Mu’awiya) will not feel but we fight against him with the sword.

So Hind’s son (Mu’awiya) will not feel but we fight against him with the sword.” Imam al-Husayn (a.s) said to him: “Surely, we have pledged allegiance (to Mu’awiya) and promised (him) and there is no way to break our allegiance (to him).”[^1] Al-Musayyab Bin Nujba Al-Musayyab Bin Nujba[^2] was among the great, good, righteous believers who were known for their love and loyalty to , peace be on them. He was displeased with the peacemaking. He felt pain in the full sense of the word.

He walked to Imam al-Hasan while he was sad and distressed. He said to him: “My astonishment at you does not come to an end. You have pledged allegiance to Mu’awiya while you have forty thousand (fighters). You have not taken a document and a manifest covenant. He gave you an affair between you and him. Then he said what you have heard. He meant none other than you.” Imam al-Hasan asked him: “What do you think?” “I think that you have to return to that which had been before.

That is because he (Mu’awiya) has broken what is between you and him.” The Imam denied him. He explained to him that the interest required peacemaking, saying: “O Musayyab, if I wanted, through what I did, (the life in) the world, then Mu’awiya would not be more patient than I would in meeting (in war), nor would he be more steadfast than I would in war.

However, I sought your righteousness and wanted to prevent you from fighting against each other.”[^3] In his speech, Imam al-Hasan (a.s) has expressed that if he had been among those who sought the life in this world, loved domain and authority, Mu’awiya would not have been more patient than he was, nor was he more steadfast than he was. However victory in Mu’awiya’s viewpoint depended on [^1] Al-Daynwari, p. 203. [^2] Al-Musayyab Bin Nujba was a Kufan.

He narrated traditions on the authority of Imam Ali, the Commander of the faithful, peace be on him, and Hudhayfa. A group of traditionists narrated on his authority. He and Sulayman bin Surad went out (in revolt) to avenge the blood of al-Husayn. He was killed in the year 65 A. H. Ibn Sa‘d has said: “Al-Musayyab bin Nujba bin Riyah belonged to the first class from among the people of Kufa. He witnessed (the Battle of) al-Qadisiya and the battles led by Imam Ali.

He was killed at the Battle of ‘Ayn al-Warda.” Al-‘Askari has said: “Al-Musayyab (bin Nujba) narrated incompletely transmitted (traditions) on the authority of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and his family.