Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ - Shams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi - (3/271)

Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

guarantee it for you.’

He did not ask them for a single thing without their answering, ‘We guarantee it for you,’ so he reached a settlement with Muʿāwiyah.

Al-Hasan said: I heard Abū Bakra say, “I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, ‘This son of mine is a leader…,’” and he related the remainder of the report (1).

Ibn Abī ʿAdī—from Ibn ʿAwn, from Anas ibn Sīrīn—reported that al-Hasan ibn ʿAlī said: “Between Jabarsa and Jabalqa there is no man whose grandfather was a prophet other than myself and my brother; and I have deemed it right to reconcile the community. Be aware that we have pledged allegiance to Muʿāwiyah, and I do not know—perhaps it is a trial for you and an enjoyment for a while (2).”

Maʿmar explained: “Jabalqa and Jabarsa mean the East and the West.”

Hushaym—reporting from Mujālid, from al-Shaʿbī—related that al-Hasan gave a sermon in which he said: “The finest prudence is God-fearingness, and the most senseless folly is wickedness. As for the matters over which Muʿāwiyah and I have differed, I have relinquished them to him out of a desire to set the Muslims’ affairs aright and to spare their blood.”

Hawdhah—from ʿAwf, from Muḥammad—reported: “When Muʿāwiyah entered Kūfa and the people rallied to him, ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ said to him, ‘Al-Hasan holds a lofty place in people’s hearts because of his kinship to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Yet he is young and tongue-tied; bid him give a sermon—he will stumble, and his standing with the people will collapse.’

Muʿāwiyah refused, but they persisted until he agreed. Al-Hasan then mounted the pulpit, standing below Muʿāwiyah, praised Allah and extolled Him, and said: ‘If you were to search between Jabalqa…’

(1) The report ends with the words: “and perhaps Allah will reconcile through him two large factions of the Muslims.” It is recorded by al-Bukhari, 5/225, in Kitab al-Sulh (Book of Reconciliation), chapter: “The Prophet’s statement to al-Hasan ibn Ali: ‘This son of mine is a leader…’ ” (2) All its transmitters are reliable. The narration is also cited by Abd al-Razzaq (no. 20980) and, through his chain, by al-Tabarani (no. 2748), from Maʿmar, from Ayyub, from Ibn Sirin, that al-Hasan … (3) In the printed edition of al-Musannaf, 11/452, the two names are misread as “Habilaq” and “Halus.” Yaqut states in Muʿjam al-Buldan that Jabaris is a city at the farthest eastern edge of the world, while Jabalq is a city at the farthest western edge, and he cites this very report.

لَكَ بِهِ. فَمَا سَأَلَهُمَا شَيْئاً إِلاَّ قَالاَ: نَحْنُ لَكَ بِهِ، فَصَالَحَهُ. قَالَ الحَسَنُ: وَلَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا بَكْرَةَ يَقُوْلُ: رَأَيتُ رَسُوْلَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُوْلُ: (إِنَّ ابْنِي هَذَا سَيِّدٌ ... ) ، وَذَكَرَ الحَدِيْثَ (١) . ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ: عَنِ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بنِ سِيْرِيْنَ، قَالَ: قَالَ الحَسَنُ بنُ عَلِيٍّ: مَا بَيْنَ جَابَرْسَ وَجَابَلْقَ رَجُلٌ جَدُّهُ نَبِيٌّ غَيرِي وَغَيرَ أَخِي، وَإِنّي رَأَيْتُ أَنْ أُصلِحَ بَيْنَ الأُمَّةِ، أَلاَ وَإِنَّا قَدْ بَايعنَا مُعَاوِيَةَ، وَلاَ أَدْرِي لَعَلَّهُ فِتْنَةٌ لَكُم وَمَتَاعٌ إِلَى حِيْنَ (٢) . قَالَ مَعْمَرٌ: جَابَلْقُ وَجَابَرْسُ (٣) : المَشْرِقُ وَالمَغْرِبُ. هُشَيْمٌ: عَنْ مُجَالِدٍ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ: أَنَّ الحَسَنَ خَطبَ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ أَكْيَسَ الكَيْسِ التُّقَى، وَإِنَّ أَحْمَقَ الحُمْقِ الفُجُورُ، أَلاَ وَإِنَّ هَذِهِ الأُمُوْرَ الَّتِي اخْتَلفتُ فِيهَا أَنَا وَمُعَاوِيَةُ، تَركْتُ لِمُعَاوِيَةَ إِرَادَةَ إِصلاَحِ المُسْلِمِيْنَ وَحَقْنِ دِمَائِهِم. هَوْذَةُ: عَنْ عَوْفٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ: لَمَّا وَرَدَ مُعَاوِيَةُ الكُوْفَةَ، وَاجْتمَعَ عَلَيْهِ النَّاسُ، قَالَ لَهُ عَمْرُو بنُ العَاصِ: إِنَّ الحَسَنَ مُرتَفِعٌ فِي الأَنْفُسِ؛ لِقَرَابتِه مِنْ رَسُوْلِ اللهِ ﷺ وَإِنَّهُ حَدِيثُ السِّنِّ، عَيِيٌّ، فَمُرْهُ فَلْيَخْطُبْ، فَإِنَّهُ سَيَعْيَى، فَيسقُطُ مِنْ أَنْفُسِ النَّاسِ. فَأَبَى، فَلَمْ يَزَالُوا بِهِ حَتَّى أَمَرهُ، فَقَامَ عَلَى المِنْبَرِ دُوْنَ مُعَاوِيَةَ: فَحَمِدَ اللهَ، وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: لَوِ ابْتغَيْتُم بَيْنَ جَابَلْقَ

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