قَالَ فَمَا زَالُوا بِهِ حَتَّى أَخَذُوهُ ثُمَّ حُمِلَ...
قَالَ فَمَا زَالُوا بِهِ حَتَّى أَخَذُوهُ ثُمَّ حُمِلَ فَأُدْخِلَ عَلَى ابْنِ زِيَادٍ فَلَمَّا رَآهُ قَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَخْزَاكَ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَفِيفٍ يَا عَدُوَّ اللَّهِ وَ بِمَا ذَا أَخْزَانِيَ اللَّهُ- وَ اللَّهِ لَوْ فُرِّجَ لِي عَنْ بَصَرِي- ضَاقَ عَلَيْكَ مَوْرِدِي وَ مَصْدَرِي- He (the narrator) said, ‘They did not cease with him until they seized him, then he was carried and entered unto Ibn Ziyad -la .
When he -la saw him, he -la said, ‘The Praise is for Allah -azwj Who Humiliated you’. Abdullah Bin Afeef said to him -la , ‘O enemy of Allah -azwj ! And what is that Allah -azwj has Humiliated me with? By Allah -azwj ! Had my vision been relieved from me, it would have been constricted upon you, arriving to me, and ambushing me ’.
فَقَالَ ابْنُ زِيَادٍ يَا عَدُوَّ اللَّهِ مَا تَقُولُ فِي عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ فَقَالَ يَا عَبْدَ بَنِي عِلَاجٍ يَا ابْنَ مَرْجَانَةَ وَ شَتَمَهُ مَا أَنْتَ وَ عُثْمَانَ إِنْ أَسَاءَ أَمْ أَحْسَنَ وَ أَصْلَحَ أَمْ أَفْسَدَ وَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى وَلِيُّ خَلْقِهِ يَقْضِي بَيْنَهُمْ وَ بَيْنَ عُثْمَانَ بِالْعَدْلِ وَ الْحَقِّ وَ لَكِنْ سَلْنِي عَنْ أَبِيكَ وَ عَنْكَ وَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ وَ أَبِيهِ He -la said, ‘O enemy of Allah -azwj !
What are you saying regarding Usman Bin Affan?’ He said, ‘O slave of the clan of Ilaj! O Ibn Marjana -la !’ And he insulted him -la , ‘What are you -la and Usman, whether he is worse or better and reconciles or corrupts?
And Allah -azwj will Judge between them and Usman with the justice and the truth, but ask me about your -la father, and about yourself -la , and about Yazeed -la and his -la father!’ فَقَالَ ابْنُ زِيَادٍ وَ اللَّهِ لَا سَأَلْتُكَ عَنْ شَيْءٍ أَوْ تَذُوقَ الْمَوْتَ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَفِيفٍ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعالَمِينَ أَمَا إِنِّي قَدْ كُنْتُ أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ رَبِّي أَنْ يَرْزُقَنِيَ الشَّهَادَةَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَلِدَكَ أُمُّكَ وَ سَأَلْتُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ ذَلِكَ عَلَى يَدَيْ أَلْعَنِ خَلْقِهِ وَ أَبْغَضِهِمْ إِلَيْهِ فَلَمَّا كُفَّ بَصَرِي يَئِسْتُ مِنَ الشَّهَادَةِ وَ الْآنَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي رَزَقَنِيهَا بَعْدَ الْيَأْسِ مِنْهَا وَ عَرَّفَنِيَ الْإِجَابَةَ مِنْهُ فِي قَدِيمِ دُعَائِي Ibn Ziyad -la said, ‘By Allah -azwj !
I -la will not ask you about anything, or you will taste the death!’ Abdullah Bin Afeef said, ‘The Praise is for Allah -azwj Lord -azwj of the worlds!
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