[^2] Abu Ali al-Nisaburi, Roudat al-Wa‘izeen.

[^2] Abu Ali al-Nisaburi, Roudat al-Wa‘izeen. This is the speech of the free who condemn oppression and resist forbidden things; this is not the speech of the one who wants pay and properties. Imam al-Hasan came in to Mu’awiya. When Amr bin al-‘Aas saw the Imam’s great veneration and dignity, he became displeased, burst with rage, and said: “The feeble one who cannot express himself has come to you!” Abdullah bin Ja‘far was present. He was displeased with his speech, so he shouted at him: “Stop!

By Allah, you have meant a solid rock from which floodwater flows down, of which ibexes fall short, and which the arrows do not reach. Be careful of al-Hasan! For you are still reveling in the flesh of a man from Quraysh.…