What have the women to do with the rhymes?

What have the women to do with the rhymes?’ و قال ابن نما و إن لي عن السجاعة لشغلا و إني لأعجب ممن يشتفي بقتل أئمته و يعلم أنهم منتقمون منه في آخرته Ibn Nama said, ‘And for me, about the rhyme, there is a concern, and I am surprised from the one who is healed by killing his -asws Imams -asws , and he -la knows that they -asws would be taking revenge form him -la in his -la Hereafter’.

وَ قَالَ الْمُفِيدُ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ فَوُضِعَ الرَّأْسُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ وَ يَتَبَسَّمُ وَ بِيَدِهِ قَضِيبٌ يَضْرِبُ بِهِ ثَنَايَاهُ وَ كَانَ إِلَى جَانِبِهِ زَيْدُ بْنُ أَرْقَمَ صَاحِبُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ هُوَ شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ فَلَمَّا رَآهُ يَضْرِبُ بِالْقَضِيبِ ثَنَايَاهُ قَالَ ارْفَعْ قَضِيبَكَ عَنْ هَاتَيْنِ الشَّفَتَيْنِ فَوَ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ شَفَتَيْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص عَلَيْهِمَا مَا لَا أُحْصِيهِ يُقَبِّلُهُمَا And Al-Mufeed, may Allah -azwj have Mercy on him, said, ‘The (holy) head (of Al-Husayn -asws ) was placed in front of him -la .

He -la looked at it and smiled, and there was a stick in his -la hand he -la was striking his -asws lips with it, and to his -la side was Zayd Bin Arqam, a companion of Rasool-Allah -saww , and he was an aged old man. When he saw him -la strike his -asws lips with the stick, he said, ‘Raise your -la stick from these lips! By Allah -azwj Who, there is no god except He ‑azwj !

I have seen the two lips of Rasool-Allah -saww upon these, kissing them, (the number of times) I cannot even count!’ ثُمَّ انْتَحَبَ بَاكِياً فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُ زِيَادٍ أَبْكَى اللَّهُ عَيْنَيْكَ أَ تَبْكِي لِفَتْحِ اللَّهِ وَ اللَّهِ لَوْ لَا أَنَّكَ شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ قَدْ خرقت [خَرِفْتَ‏] وَ ذَهَبَ عَقْلُكَ لَضَرَبْتُ عُنُقَكَ فَنَهَضَ زَيْدُ بْنُ أَرْقَمَ مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَ صَارَ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ‏ Then he wailed crying. Ibn Ziyad -la said to him, ‘May Allah -azwj Make your eyes cry!

Are you crying at the victory of Allah -azwj ? By Allah -azwj ! Had you not been an aged old man having become senile and his mind has gone, I -la would have struck off your neck!’ Zayd Bin Arqam got up from in front of him -la and went to his house’.

الإرشاد ص 228، و لكن قد يقال ان زيد بن أرقم كان حينذاك أعمى: قد كف بصره بدعاء على أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام حين استشهده عن كلام رسول اللّه« من كنت مولاه فهذا على مولاه» فكتمه، كما في شرح النهج ج 1 ص 362 لابن أبي الحديد، الا انه لم يثبت، و لا نقله أرباب التراجم في ترجمته.

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