Reform relaiton between us and them From a speech of his in Siffin...

Reform relaiton between us and them From a speech of his in Siffin, Imam had heard some of his men abusing the people of Al-sham in reply to their abusing him: I dislike you to be abusers, but if you describe their deeds and recount their situations that would be a better mode of speaking and a more convincing way of arguing. Instead of abusing them you should say: “O’Allah!

Save our blood and their blood, reform the relation and eradicate enmity, and lead them out of their misguidance so that he who is ignorant of the truth may know it, and he who inclines towards excess aggresion refrain from it. He Spoke with Their Tongues From a sermon of his They have made Satan the criterion of their affairs, and he has taken them as his traps. He has laid eggs and hatched in their bosoms.

He creeps and crawls in their laps so He sees through their eyes, and speaks with their tongues. In this way he has led them to slippery paths and adorned for them stupidity like the action of one whom Satan has made partner in his domain and speaks untruth through his tongue. They Made Them Officers Over The Heads Someone asked Imam about fabri-cated traditions and contradictory sayings spreading among people, he said: Certainly, what is at the hand of people is right and wrong, true and false.

Allah too had warned you well about the hypocrites and described them fully to you. They have remained after the Holy Prophet. They made advances to the leaders of misguidance and callers towards Hell through falsehood and slandering. So, they inducted them into high offices made them rulers over people and amassed wealth through them. People are always with rulers and after this world except those whom Allah safeguards.

Two Kinds His speech on those who love and hate him: Two categories, with regard to me, will be ruined, namely he who loves me too much and the love takes him away from rightfulness, and he who hates me too much and the hatred takes him away from rightfulness. The best one with regard to me is he who is in the middle course. So be with him and be with the great majority because Allah’s hand is with the majority.

And from his speech on those: Two categories of persons will face ruin on account of me: he who loves me with exaggeration, and he who hates me intensely. Sahl bin Hunayf Al-Ansari died at Kufa after his return from the battle of Siffin and he was very much loved by Imam as he was one of the strongest supporters of Imam in the way of right.