53. Fighting Rebellion
٥٣۔ كِتَابُ قِتَالِ أَهْلِ الْبَغْيِ
[Machine] And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The Hour (Day of Judgment) will not be established until two great factions fight each other, and there will be a great massacre between them, and their callings will be one."
وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى تَقْتَتِلَ فِئَتَانِ عَظِيمَتَانِ تَكُونُ بَيْنَهُمَا مَقْتَلَةٌ عَظِيمَةٌ وَدَعْوَاهُمَا وَاحِدَةٌ
[Machine] "I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the pulpit, and Al-Hasan ibn Ali was with him to his side, while he was turning towards the people sometimes and towards him sometimes, and he said, 'Verily, this son of mine is a leader, and perhaps Allah will reconcile through him between two groups of Muslims.' Sufyan said, 'The saying of two groups of Muslims greatly pleases us.'"
رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ وَالْحَسَنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ ؓ مَعَهُ إِلَى جَنْبِهِ وَهُوَ يَلْتَفِتُ إِلَى النَّاسِ مَرَّةً وَإِلَيْهِ مَرَّةً وَيَقُولُ إِنَّ ابْنِي هَذَا سَيِّدٌ وَلَعَلَّ اللهَ يُصْلِحُ بِهِ بَيْنَ فِئَتَيْنِ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ قَالَ سُفْيَانُ قَوْلُ فِئَتَيْنِ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ يُعْجِبُنَا جِدًّا
[Machine] "If you were to look between Jabir and Jabalq, you would not find a man whose grandfather and brother are both prophets other than me. I see that you should unite upon Muawiya. And I do not know, perhaps it is a trial for you and a temporary enjoyment." [Al-Anbiya 111] Ma'mar said: Jabir and Jabalq are the west and the east."
لَوْ نَظَرْتُمْ مَا بَيْنَ جَابِرْسَ إِلَى جَابِلْق مَا وَجَدْتُمْ رَجُلًا جَدُّهُ نَبِيٌّ غَيْرِي وَغَيْرَ أَخِي وَإِنِّي أَرَى أَنْ تَجْتَمِعُوا عَلَى مُعَاوِيَةَ {وَإِنْ أَدْرِي لَعَلَّهُ فِتْنَةٌ لَكُمْ وَمَتَاعٌ إِلَى حِينٍ} [الأنبياء 111] قَالَ مَعْمَرٌ جَابِرْسَ وَجَابِلْقَ الْمَغْرِبُ وَالْمَشْرِقُ
[Machine] "Afterwards, the wisest of wisdom is piety and the weakest of weakness is wickedness. Behold, this matter on which Muawiyah and I disagreed, it is a right that I should have granted to someone more deserving than me, or a right that I left for Muawiyah's desire to reform the Muslims and preserve their lives. And I do not know, perhaps it is a trial for you and a temporary enjoyment." [Surah Al-Anbiya, 111] Then he sought forgiveness and descended.
أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَإِنَّ أَكْيَسَ الْكَيْسِ الْتُّقَى وَإِنَّ أَعْجَزَ الْعَجْزِ الْفُجُورُ أَلَا وَإِنَّ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ الَّذِي اخْتَلَفْتُ فِيهِ أَنَا وَمُعَاوِيَةُ حَقٌّ لِامْرِئٍ كَانَ أَحَقَّ بِهِ مِنِّي أَوْ حَقٌّ لِي تَرَكْتُهُ لِمُعَاوِيَةَ إِرَادَةَ إِصْلَاحِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَحَقْنِ دِمَائِهِمْ {وَإِنْ أَدْرِي لَعَلَّهُ فِتْنَةٌ لَكُمْ وَمَتَاعٌ إِلَى حِينٍ} [الأنبياء 111] ثُمَّ اسْتَغْفَرَ وَنَزَلَ
[Machine] Indeed, the hypocrites do not remember Allah except a little. It was said: "So who are they?" He said: "Our brothers who went astray against us."
إِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِينَ لَا يَذْكُرُونَ اللهَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا قِيلَ فَمَا هُمْ؟ قَالَ إِخْوَانُنَا بَغَوْا عَلَيْنَا
[Machine] "Allah has removed the resentment from their hearts." [Surah Al-A'raf 43]
اللهُ ﷻ {وَنَزَعْنَا مَا فِي صُدُورِهِمْ مِنْ غِلٍّ} [الأعراف 43]
[Machine] "Allah said: 'And We have removed from their hearts any rancor – brothers on thrones, facing each other.' (Surah Al-Hijr, 47) So he said, 'O son of my brother, how is so-and-so? How is so-and-so?' He asked him about the mothers of his father's children. He said, 'We have never removed your land during these years except out of fear that people may seize it. O so-and-so, go with him to Ibn Qaradah once and give him the share of the land for these years and he will give you your land.' So two men who were sitting there, one of them being Al-Harith Al-A'war, said, 'Allah is more just than that, we should kill them and they will become our brothers in Paradise.' He said, 'O people, fear Allah and do not make any such remarks about the lands of Allah.' Then he turned to Talha and said, 'If you have any need, come and see me, I will tell you the words of the Tanaafisi and in another narration, the words of Abu Mu'awiya.' Imran bin Talha entered upon Ali and he did not mention Al-Harith's name. He said, 'To Banu Qaradah and the rest of them, in its meaning.'"
اللهُ ﷻ {وَنَزَعْنَا مَا فِي صُدُورِهِمْ مِنْ غِلٍّ إِخْوَانًا عَلَى سُرَرٍ مُتَقَابِلِينَ} [الحجر 47] فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي كَيْفَ فُلَانَةٌ؟ كَيْفَ فُلَانَةٌ؟ قَالَ وَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ أُمَّهَاتِ أَوْلَادِ أَبِيهِ قَالَ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَمْ نَقْبِضْ أَرْضَكُمْ هَذِهِ السِّنِينَ إِلَّا مَخَافَةَ أَنْ يَنْتَهِبَهَا النَّاسُ يَا فُلَانُ انْطَلِقْ مَعَهُ إِلَى ابْنِ قَرَظَةَ مَرَّةً فَلْيُعْطِهِ غَلَّةَ هَذِهِ السِّنِينَ وَيَدْفَعْ إِلَيْهِ أَرْضَهُ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَجُلَانِ جَالِسَانِ نَاحِيَةُ أَحَدِهِمَا الْحَارِثُ الْأَعْوَرُ اللهُ أَعْدَلُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ أَنْ نَقْتُلَهُمْ وَيَكُونُوا إِخْوَانَنَا فِي الْجَنَّةِ قَالَ قُومَا أَبْعَدَ أَرْضِ اللهِ وَأَسْحَقَهَا فَمَنْ هُوَ إِذَا لَمْ أَكُنْ أَنَا وَطَلْحَةُ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي إِذَا كَانَتْ لَكَ حَاجَةٌ فَأْتِنَا لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ الطَّنَافِسِيِّ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ أَبِي مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَ دَخَلَ عِمْرَانُ بْنُ طَلْحَةَ عَلَى عَلِيٍّ ؓ وَلَمْ يُسَمِّ الْحَارِثَ وَقَالَ إِلَى بَنِي قَرَظَةَ وَالْبَاقِي بِمَعْنَاهُ
When ʿAlī sent him (ʿAmmār) to Kūfah to call people for battle: We are fully aware that she (ʿĀʾishah) is the wife of the Prophet ﷺ in this world and the Hereafter, but Allah has tested you through her.
حِينَ بَعَثَهُ عَلِيٌّ ؓ إِلَى الْكُوفَةِ لِيَسْتَنْفِرَ النَّاسَ: إِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّهَا زَوْجَةُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ ابْتَلَاكُمْ بِهَا۔
[Machine] His wife in this world and the Hereafter, but Allah has tested you with her so that He may see whether you follow her or not.
زَوْجَتُهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ ابْتَلَاكُمْ بِهَا لَيَنْظُرَ إِيَّاهُ تَتَّبِعُونَ أَوْ إِيَّاهَا
[Machine] "Indeed, we belong to Allah and indeed to Him we will return. May Allah have mercy on them." So I said, "O Mother of the Believers, I mentioned Talhah, so I said, 'May Allah have mercy on him,' and I mentioned Zubair, so I said, 'May Allah have mercy on him,' and I mentioned Zaid, so I said, 'May Allah have mercy on him,' and they have killed each other, and Allah will not gather them in Paradise forever." She said, "Don't you know that the mercy of Allah is vast and He is able to do all things?" He said, "So she was better than me." 16719. Abu Sa'id informed us, Sa'dan informed us, Is-haq informed us, Ibn 'Awn narrated from Ibn Sirin, from Khalid bin Al-Walid in a similar manner. It was also narrated by Ayoub from Ibn Sirin.
إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ يَرْحَمُهُ اللهُ فَقُلْتُ يَا أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ذَكَرْتُ طَلْحَةَ فَقُلْتِ يَرْحَمُهُ اللهُ وَذَكَرْتُ الزُّبَيْرَ فَقُلْتِ يَرْحَمُهُ اللهُ وَذَكَرْتُ زَيْدًا فَقُلْتِ يَرْحَمُهُ اللهُ وَقَدْ قَتَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا وَاللهِ لَا يَجْمَعُهُمُ اللهُ فِي جَنَّةٍ أَبَدًا قَالَتْ أَوَ لَا تَدْرِي أَنَّ رَحْمَةَ اللهِ وَاسِعَةٌ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِْيرٌ قَالَ فَكَانَتْ أَفْضَلَ مِنِّي 16719 وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ ثَنَا سَعدَانُ ثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ ثَنَا ابْنُ عَوْنٍ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ الْوَاشِمَةِ بِنَحْوِهِ وَرَوَاهُ أَيْضًا أَيُّوبُ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ
[Machine] I saw as if I entered paradise, and there I was in domes made of silk. So, I asked, "Who does this belong to?" He said, "To those who were killed with Muawiya." I said, "What did Ammar and his companions do?" They said, "They are right in front of you." I said, "Glory be to Allah! They killed each other." He said, "They met Allah and found him to be forgiving." I said, "What did the people of Nahar do?" He said, "They also obtained goodness." Then, Yahya ibn Abi Talib said, "I heard Yazid in the gathering in Baghdad, and it was said that there were seventy thousand in the gathering." He said, "Do not be deceived by this speech, for those two, Kalaa and Hawshab, freed twelve thousand people from the Ahl al-Bayt and mentioned some of their virtues."
رَأَيْتُ كَأَنِّي دَخَلْتُ الْجَنَّةَ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِقِبَابٍ مَضْرُوبَةٍ فَقُلْتُ لِمَنْ هَذَا؟ فَقَالَ لِذِي كَلَاعٍ وَحَوْشَبٍ وَكَانَا مِمَّنْ قُتِلَ مَعَ مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَ قُلْتُ مَا فَعَلَ عَمَّارٌ وَأَصْحَابُهُ؟ قَالُوا أَمَامَكَ قَالَ قُلْتُ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَقَدْ قَتَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا فَقَالَ إِنَّهُمْ لَقُوا اللهَ فَوَجَدُوهُ وَاسِعَ الْمَغْفِرَةِ قَالَ قُلْتُ مَا فَعَلَ أَهْلُ النَّهْرِ؟ قَالَ لَقُوا بَرَحًا فَقَالَ يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَسَمِعْتُ يَزِيدَ فِي الْمَجْلِسِ بِبَغْدَادَ وَكَانَ يُقَالُ إِنَّ فِي الْمَجْلِسِ سَبْعِينَ أَلْفًا قَالَ لَا تَغْتَرُّوا بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ فَإِنَّ ذَا الْكَلَاعِ وَحَوْشَبًا أَعْتَقَا اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ أَلْفَ أَهْلِ بَيْتٍ وَذَكَرَ مِنْ مَحَاسِنِهِمْ أَشْيَاءً
[Machine] "Do not say that the people of Sham are disbelievers, but rather say that they have committed disobedience or injustice."
لَا تَقُولُوا كَفَرَ أَهْلُ الشَّامِ وَلَكِنْ قُولُوا فَسَقُوا أَوْ ظَلَمُوا
[Machine] A man said, "Who will recognize the prostitutes on the day the polytheists were killed?" He meant the people of Nahrwan. Then Ali ibn Abi Talib said, "Run away from associating with them." He asked, "And what about the hypocrites?" He said, "The hypocrites remember Allah but little." He asked, "So who are they?" He said, "A group who transgressed against us, so we prevail over them."
قَالَ رَجُلٌ مَنْ يَتَعَرَّفُ الْبُغَاةَ يَوْمَ قُتِلَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ؟ يَعْنِي أَهْلَ النَّهْرَوَانِ فَقَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ مِنَ الشِّرْكِ فَرُّوا قَالَ فَالْمُنَافِقُونَ؟ قَالَ الْمُنَافِقُونَ لَا يَذْكُرُونَ اللهَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا قَالَ فَمَا هُمْ؟ قَالَ قَوْمٌ بَغَوْا عَلَيْنَا فَنُصِرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ