By Allah -azwj ...

By Allah -azwj , I did not intend with this place in charge a man who isn’t good at divorcing his own wife!’ قُلْتُ وَلِّهَا عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ فَقَالَ وَ اللَّهِ لَئِنْ وَلَّيْتُهُ لَيَحْمِلَنَّ آلَ أَبِي مُعَيْطٍ عَلَى رِقَابِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَ أَوْشَكَ إِنْ فَعَلْنَا أَنْ يَقْتُلُوهُ قَالَهَا ثَلَاثاً O said, ‘Place Usman Bin Affan in charge’. He said, ‘By Allah -azwj !

If I were to place him in charge, he would carry the family of Abu Mueet upon the necks of Muslims, and there is no doubt that if we were to do so, they would kill him’ – saying it thrice. قَالَ ثُمَّ سَكَتُّ لِمَا أَعْرِفُ مِنْ مُعَانَدَتِهِ لِأَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَقَالَ لِي يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ اذْكُرْ صَاحِبَكَ He (Ibn Abbas) said, ‘Then he was silent, when I recognise his enmity towards Amir Al-Momineen Ali -asws Bin Abu Talib -asws ’. He said to me, ‘O Ibn Abbas!

Mention your companion’. قَالَ قُلْتُ وَلِّهَا عَلِيّاً قَالَ وَ اللَّهِ مَا جَزَعِي إِلَّا لِمَا أَخَذْتُ الْحَقَّ مِنْ أَرْبَابِهِ وَ اللَّهِ لَئِنْ وَلَّيْتُهُ لَيَحْمِلَنَّهُمْ عَلَى الْمَحَجَّةِ الْعُظْمَى وَ إِنْ يُطِيعُوهُ يُدْخِلُهُمُ الْجَنَّةَ He (Ibn Abbas) said, ‘I said, ‘Place Ali -asws in charge’. He said, ‘By Allah -azwj ! My panic isn’t except due to my having seized the rights from their owners. By Allah -azwj !

If I were to place him -asws in charge, he -asws will carry them upon the mighty arguments, and if they were to obey him -asws , he -asws will enter them into the Paradise’’. فَهُوَ يَقُولُ هَذَا ثُمَّ صَيَّرَهَا شُورَى بَيْنَ السِّتَّةِ فَوَيْلٌ لَهُ مِنْ رَبِّهِ He was saying this, then he made it to be a consultation between the six.

So, woe be to him from his Lord -azwj !’ قَالَ أَبُو الْهُذَيْلِ بَيْنَا هُوَ يُكَلِّمُنِي إِذَا اخْتَلَطَ وَ ذَهَبَ عَقْلُهُ فَأَخْبَرْتُ الْمَأْمُونَ بِقِصَّتِهِ وَ كَانَ مِنْ قِصَّتِهِ أَنْ ذُهِبَ بِمَالِهِ وَ ضِيَاعِهِ حِيلَةً وَ غَدْراً Abu Al-Huzeyl said, ‘While he was talking to me, when he got mixed up and his intellect was gone. I informed Al-Mamoun with his story, and it was from his story that the going away of his wealth and his estate was a means and an excuse.

فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ الْمَأْمُونُ فَجَاءَ بِهِ وَ عَالَجَهُ وَ كَانَ قَدْ ذَهَبَ عَقْلُهُ بِمَا صُنِعَ بِهِ فَرَدَّ عَلَيْهِ مَالَهُ وَ ضِيَاعَهُ وَ صَيَّرَهُ نَدِيماً فَكَانَ الْمَأْمُونُ يَتَشَيَّعُ لِذَلِكَ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ‏. Al-Mamoun sent for him.