کتاب الفتن · نُعیم بن حماد

With their loyalists we have warned this

I wish I had died twenty years earlier

Ali said that he did not do what he did, Ammar said that he did not do what he did, Talha said that he did not do what he did, and Al-Zubair said that he did not do what he did. They descended on a people who were wearing their Qur’an, the people of the afterlife, and they will disperse among them.

Ibn Al-Mubarak told us, on the authority of Issa bin Omar, who said: I heard a sheikh, speaking to Amr bin Murrah, who said: Abdullah bin Amr said, and I did not see him referring to anyone other than him: “I was reading this verse {Indeed, you are dead and they are dead, then on the Day of Resurrection you will dispute with your Lord} [Az-Zumar: 31] and I saw that it was among the People of the Book, until some of us restrained each other’s faces with swords, so we knew that it was among us.”

Ibn al-Mubarak told us, on the authority of Yazid ibn Ibrahim, on the authority of al-Hasan, in the Almighty’s saying: {And fear a trial that will not strike those of you who have wronged in particular} [Al-Anfal: 25]. He said: By Allah, people knew when it was revealed that a group would be assigned to them.

He did not entrust me with a covenant regarding this matter that he did not entrust to the people, but the people attacked Othman, (may Allah be pleased with him), and killed him. They were worse in deed and worse in deed than me, so I saw that I had more right to it, so I stood firm in it. Allah knows whether we were wrong or right.

What was entrusted to us in the Emirate is a covenant that we should adhere to, but it is something that I have seen. If it is right, it is from Allah, and if it is wrong, then it is from ourselves.

A trial befell us after Abu Bakr and Omar, (may Allah be pleased with them), so it is what Allah willed

Oh Hassan, I wish I had died twenty years earlier

Oh Hassan, I wish I had died twenty years before this day

The Commander of the Faithful Ali wanted something, so things continued, but he found no solution

Oh Hassan, did this eat away at us? I wish I had died twenty or forty years before this

What a miserable thing you said, my son, because falling from the sky to the earth to something other than the punishment of Allah is more beloved to me than to be exposed to the blood of a Muslim man. That is because I saw a vision. I saw myself as if I was on a sheep, and around me were sheep or cows lying down, and men fell on top of them slaughtering them until I could not hear any of them bellowing. So I went to get down from the sheep, and I hated to pass by the blood and have any of it happen to me, and I hated to lift my clothes so that what I do not like would be revealed from me, so we explained. I am like this when two men or bulls came to me and bore me until they shed that blood on me. What are these? Take me out, take me out

If your visions come true, a group of people around you will be killed

It was fate

People who had precedents and were afflicted with temptation, so they referred their matter to Allah

He will be one of my companions. May Allah forgive them for their precedence. If people after them follow their example, Allah will cast them into the fire of hell.

The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ, preceded, and Abu Bakr and a third of Omar prayed, then a trial struck us, so Allah willed.

He was among those who believed and did righteous deeds, then they feared and believed, then they feared and did good, and Allah loves those who do good.

Is it the one that the dogs of Hawab bark?

Are you the one who is barked by such-and-such water dogs? Beware, Humaira

No, there is a glimmer of light around that

What do you want to do with this? It is just an opinion I saw

If I told you that your mother is attacking you, would you believe me? right

Ibn Mahdi told us, on the authority of Jarir ibn Hazim, who heard Al-Hasan speaking, on the authority of Al-Zubair ibn Al-Awwam, (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: This verse was revealed: “And fear a trial that will not afflict those who have wronged among you in particular” [Al-Anfal: 25] and we were present that day, “So it made us wonder what this trial is, and say: What trial will befall us? What is this? Until we saw it.”