Verily...

Verily, our like is just as what Tariq al-Khaza‘i has said writing an answer to Umaya’s verses of poetry: “By Allah, I do not know, and most surely I am truthful, to which of those who “accuse me apologize. “(Why) am I rebuked if Zubaynah was destroyed, and evil befell Banu “Lahyan, and they escaped?” This answer is similar to that which he had sent to Imam al-Hasan in respect of denying his showing delight and happiness at the death of Imam Ali. His answer also contains equivocation and cunning.