Masma’ accompanied Mu’awiya in the battle of Siffin.

Masma’ accompanied Mu’awiya in the battle of Siffin.” “’Ubayd Allah stayed with Mu’awiya and his wife was in Kufa. Since his separation lasted long, his brother-in-law married her off to one ‘Ikrima b. Khubays.

When ‘Ubayd Allah was informed about this, he left for Kufa and went to Ali (a.s.) to make a complaint against ‘Ikrima.” “Ali (a.s.) told him, ‘You helped out the enemy and now you got yourself in such a misery?’” “‘Ubayd Allah said, ‘Will this deprive me of your justice?’” “The Imam said, ‘No.’” “The he told his story to Ali (a.s.) and he returned his wife to him. She was pregnant.

[Thus] He left her with someone in whom he trusted until she gave birth to her child, he handed the child to ‘Ikrima and returned the woman to ‘Ubayd Allah.” “‘Ubayd Allah went back to Sham where he stayed until Ali (a.s.) was killed.”[^12] Tarikh al-Ya’qubi - related by al-Zahri: “One day, I went to see ‘Umar b. ‘Abd al-Aziz.

While I was with him, he received a letter from one of his administrators stating that their city needed reconstruction.” [Zahri goes on to say] “I told Umar, ‘One of Ali b. abi Talib (a.s.)’s administrators had sent him similar letter and he had replied to him as follows: Now then, place the city in the citadel of justice and clean the tyranny off its pathway!’” “’Umar wrote the same reply to his administrator.”[^13] See 1/4 (The Imam’s Motives for Accepting the Rulership).

6.2 Commitment to Rights Imam Ali (a.s.) – in Siffin: “So now, Allah, the Glorified, has, by placing me over your affairs, created my right over you, and you too have a right over me like mine over you. A right is very vast in description but very narrow in equitableness of action.” “Right does not accrue to any person unless it accrues against him also, and it does not accrue against a person unless it also accrues in his favor.

If there is any right which is only in favor of a person with no (corresponding) right accruing against him it is solely for Allah, the Glorified, and not for His creatures by virtue of His might over His creatures and by virtue of the justice permeating all His decrees.

Of course, He the Glorified, has created His right over creatures that they should worship Him, and has laid upon Himself (the obligation of) their reward equal to several times the recompense as a mark of His bounty and the generosity that He is capable of.” “Then, from His rights, He, the Glorified, created certain rights for certain people against others.