ثُمَّ لَمْ يَلْبَثْ أَنْ قَالَ عَلَى رُءُوسِ الْأَشْهَادِ...
ثُمَّ لَمْ يَلْبَثْ أَنْ قَالَ عَلَى رُءُوسِ الْأَشْهَادِ إِنِّي كُنْتُ شَرَطْتُ شُرُوطاً وَ وَعَدْتُ عِدَاةً إِرَادَةً لِإِطْفَاءِ نَارِ الْحَرْبِ وَ مُدَارَاةً لِقَطْعِ الْفِتْنَةِ فَلَمَّا أَنْ جَمَعَ اللَّهُ لَنَا الْكَلِمَ وَ الْأُلْفَةَ فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ تَحْتَ قَدَمَيَّ وَ اللَّهِ مَا عَنَى بِذَلِكَ غَيْرَكَ وَ مَا أَرَادَ إِلَّا مَا كَانَ بَيْنَكَ وَ بَيْنَهُ وَ قَدْ نَقَضَ Then it was not long before he said at the heads of the ones present, ‘If you -asws could have stipulated conditions and taken promises intending to extinguish the fire of war and complying in order to terminate the Fitna.
When Allah -azwj had gathered for us words and affection, so that is now under the feet. By Allah -azwj ! He did not mean by that apart from you -asws , and he did not intend except what had happened between you -asws and him, and he has broken (the agreement).
فَإِذَا شِئْتَ فَأَعِدِ الْحَرْبَ خُدْعَةً وَ ائْذَنْ لِي فِي تَقَدُّمِكَ إِلَى الْكُوفَةِ فَأُخْرِجَ عَنْهَا عَامِلَهُ وَ أُظْهِرَ خَلْعَهُ وَ تَنَبَّذْ إِلَيْهِ عَلى سَواءٍ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لا يُحِبُّ الْخائِنِينَ وَ تَكَلَّمَ الْبَاقُونَ بِمِثْلِ كَلَامِ سُلَيْمَانَ So if you -asws like, you -asws can return to war as a deception and permit for me I can go ahead of you -asws to Al Kufa and exept his office bearer from it and reveal his removal, and banish him to him, then discard (the agreement) to them upon equality, surely Allah does not Love the treacherous [8:58] ’.
And the rest of them spoke like the speech of Suleyman. فَقَالَ الْحَسَنُ ع أَنْتُمْ شِيعَتُنَا وَ أَهْلُ مَوَدَّتِنَا فَلَوْ كُنْتُ بِالْحَزْمِ فِي أَمْرِ الدُّنْيَا أَعْمَلَ وَ لِسُلْطَانِهَا أَرْكَضَ وَ أَنْصَبَ، مَا كَانَ مُعَاوِيَةُ بِأَبْأَسَ مِنِّي بَأْساً وَ لَا أَشَدَّ شَكِيمَةً وَ لَا أَمْضَى عَزِيمَةً وَ لَكِنِّي أَرَى غَيْرَ مَا رَأَيْتُمْ وَ مَا أَرَدْتُ بِمَا فَعَلْتُ إِلَّا حَقْنَ الدِّمَاءِ Al-Hassan -asws said: ‘You are our -asws Shias and people of our -asws cordiality.
If you were decisive in the matter of the world, then do it, and run and set up for its authority. Muawiya was not mightier than me -asws in mighty, nor is he of severe obstinacy than me -asws , nor is he of more accomplished determination, but I -asws can see other than what you are seeing, and I -asws did not intend with what I -asws did, except save the blood. فَارْضُوا بِقَضَاءِ اللَّهِ وَ سَلِّمُوا لِأَمْرِهِ وَ الْزَمُوا بُيُوتَكُمْ وَ أَمْسِكُوا.
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