May I be sacrificed for you -asws !
May I be sacrificed for you -asws !’ He -asws said: ‘Al-Mukhtar -ra !’ قُلْتُ لَهُ وَ لِمَ عُذِّبَ بِالنَّارِ وَ قَدْ فَعَلَ مَا فَعَلَ I said to him -asws , ‘And why would he -ra be Punished with the Fire, and he -ra has done what he -ra has done?’ قَالَ إِنَّهُ قَالَ كَانَ فِي قَلْبِهِ مِنْهُمَا شَيْءٌ وَ الَّذِي بَعَثَ مُحَمَّداً بِالْحَقِّ لَوْ أَنَّ جَبْرَئِيلَ وَ مِيكَائِيلَ كَانَ فِي قَلْبَيْهِمَا شَيْءٌ لَأَكَبَّهُمَا اللَّهُ فِي النَّارِ عَلَى وُجُوهِهِمَا.
He (the narrator) said, ‘He -asws said: ‘He had something in his -ra heart of them two (Abu Bakr and Umar). By the One -azwj Who Sent Muhammad -saww with the truth!
Even if Jibraeel -as and Mikaeel -as were to have something in their -as hearts (about Abu Bakr and Umar), Allah -azwj would Fling them -as into the Fire upon their -as faces!’’ [4] كش، رجال الكشي حَمْدَوَيْهِ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى عَنْ سَدِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: لَا تَسُبُّوا الْمُخْتَارَ فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ قَتَلَ قَتَلَتَنَا وَ طَلَبَ بِثَأْرِنَا وَ زَوَّجَ أَرَامِلَنَا وَ قَسَّمَ فِينَا الْمَالَ عَلَى الْعُسْرَةِ (The book) ‘Rijal’ Al Kashy – Hamdawiya, from Yaqoub, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hisham Bin Al Musanna, from Sadeyr, ‘From Abu Ja’far -asws having said: ‘Do not revile Al-Mukhtar -ra for he -ra killed ones who killed us -asws , and sought our -asws retaliation, and got our -asws widows married, and distributor the wealth among us upon the scattering’’.
[5] كش، رجال الكشي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ وَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ حَامِدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَزْدَادَ الرَّازِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي الْخَطَّابِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْمُزَخْرَفِ عَنْ حَبِيبٍ الْخَثْعَمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: كَانَ الْمُخْتَارُ يَكْذِبُ عَلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ ع (The book) ‘Rijal’ of Al Kashy – Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan and Usman Bin Hamid, from Muhammad Bin Hamid, from Muhammad Bin Yazdad Al Razy, from Ibn Abu Al Khattab, from Abdullah Al Muzakhraf, from Habeeb Al Khas’amy, ‘From Abu Abdullah -asws having said: ‘Al-Mukhtar -ra used to belie upon Ali -asws Bin Al-Husayn -asws ’’.
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