کتاب الفتن · نُعیم بن حماد

Abd al-Wahhab told us, on the authority of Ayyub, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Sirin, he said: Ali, (may Allah be pleased with him), said: “I hope that I and Uthman will be among those whom Allah Almighty said: {And We will remove from their breasts any resentment as brothers on beds facing each other} [Al-Hijr: 47].”

On that day, this is the guidance

O people, accuse your opinion. By Allah, you saw me on the day of Abu Jandal. If I could refute the command of the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ, I would have refuted it. By Allah, we have never placed our swords on our shoulders for a matter except that it would be easier for us to reach a matter we know except this matter of yours.

He did not entrust us with a covenant to take us in the emirate, but it is something we saw before ourselves. If it is right, it is from Allah, and if it is wrong, then it is from ourselves. Then Abu Bakr was appointed as successor, and he remained upright and upright. Then he appointed Omar as successor, so he remained upright and upright, until he struck religion with its might, then some people sought the world. Allah pardons whomever He wills, and punishes whomever He wills.

Aisha is the wife of your Prophet, ﷺ, in this world and the hereafter, but she is a test you have been afflicted with

O people, accuse yourselves. We were with the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ, on the day of Hudaybiyyah. If we had seen fighting, we would have fought in the peace treaty that was between the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ, and the polytheists.

You do not know what they did after you

Sedition arose and the companions of the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ, were available

Itab bin Bashir told us, on the authority of Khaseef, on the authority of Mujahid, on the authority of Aisha, (may Allah be pleased with her). She said: “I entered upon the Messenger of Allah, may Allah’s prayers and peace be upon him, while Uthman was in front of him, conversing with him. I did not recognize anything from his statement except Uthman’s words: Unjust and hostile, O Messenger of Allah, unjust and hostile. I did not know what it was until Uthman was killed, then I learned that the Prophet, may Allah’s prayers and peace be upon him, only intended to kill him. Aisha said: And I did not like it to reach Othman is nothing but something similar to him reached me, except that Allah knew that I did not like to kill him, and if I had liked to kill him, I would have killed him.” That was when he shot her howdah with arrows until it became like a hedgehog.

Peace be upon you, mother. What has brought you out against us with the hypocrites of Quraysh?

Waki` told us, on the authority of Sufyan, on the authority of Mansur, on the authority of Ibrahim, and Khalid al-Hadha, on the authority of al-Hasan, who said: Ali, (may Allah be pleased with him), said: “I hope that Talhah and al-Zubair and I will be among those whom Allah Almighty said: {brothers on beds facing one another} [Al-Hijr: 47].”

If we are not them, then who are they?

Ibn Mahdi told us, on the authority of Mahdi bin Maimun, on the authority of Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Abi Yaqoub, he said: My uncle Dhabtham told me, on the authority of Sulaiman bin Surad, he said: I was informed on the authority of the Commander of the Faithful, Ali Dharu, of a statement that Ali cursed and insulted, so I rode to him, and came to him when he raised his hand from the camel, and I met Al-Hassan bin Ali and said: I was informed of the Commander of the Faithful, Ali Dharu, of a statement that Ali cursed and insulted me with. Then I rode a horse to him and came to him to apologize to him or to repudiate him. He said: O Suleiman, by Allah, this was more hateful to the Commander of the Faithful than the blood of a Sunni woman. The Commander of the Faithful wanted a matter, so things proceeded with it, but he found no solution, and I will suffice for you, Commander of the Faithful.

Ibn Mahdi told us, on the authority of Abu Awanah, on the authority of Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ibn al-Muntashir, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Ubaid ibn Nudhaila, on the authority of Suleiman ibn Sard, he said: I came to Ali when he finished the camel, and when he saw me, he said: “O Ibn Sard, you slowed down and shifted and waited, how do you see Allah doing?” I said: O Commander of the Faithful, this is a difficult time, and Allah has left some matters in which you know your enemy from your friend, so when he got up, I said to Al-Hassan ibn Ali: I do not see that you have spared me anything, and I was keen to bear witness with him, so he said: This one says to you what you say, and he said to me on the Day of the Camel when the people were walking towards each other: O Hasan, may your mother be bereaved of you, or your mother may make you miserable, and by Allah, I do not see any good after this.”

If Othman had directed me to Sarar, I would have listened to him and obeyed

By Allah, I wish I had never mentioned a word to Uthman, and that I had lived in this world with flawless leprosy, and that Uthman’s finger pointing to the sky was better than the earth rising from me.

How are you when so much of this happens to you? Perhaps you are evil and intrigued by it

There will be division, strife, and disagreement. If that happens, break your sword, stay at home, and take a wooden sword.

I witnessed the skulls, but I was not pierced with a spear, nor struck with a sword. I wished they had been cut off from here, but I had not witnessed it.

The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ, did not entrust us with anything that he did not entrust to all people