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you?” He replied (1), “Father, the truth is from your Lord, so never be (2) among the doubters.” He said (3), “As for me, if Allah wills, you will find me among the steadfast (4).”

Muādh kept him through that night (5), then buried him the following day. Muādh was then stricken (6). The narrator related that when his throes—[the throes of death] (7)—grew intense, he endured such throes as no one else had ever endured. Whenever he regained consciousness, he opened his eyes and said (8), “My Lord, choke me as You will (9). By Your might, You surely know that my heart loves You.”

Likewise, the words, “By the Lord of the Kaaba, I have triumphed,” were uttered by someone of lesser rank than Alī. Āmir ibn Fuhayra, the freedman of Abū Bakr al-Siddīq, said them when he was killed on the day of Bir Maūna. The Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—had dispatched him with a detachment toward Najd.

Scholars of prophetic biography said:

Jabbār ibn Sulmā stabbed him, piercing him through. Āmir said, “By Allah, I have triumphed!”

Jabbār asked, “What did he mean when he said, ‘By Allah, I have triumphed’?”

Urwa ibn al-Zubayr said, “They believed that the angels buried him” (10).

(1) *Al-Hilya*: “He answered him and said.” (2) *Al-Hilya*: *fa-lā takun* (“so do not be”); (M): *fa-lā taku* (the same phrase without the final *n*). (3) *Al-Hilya*: “Muādh said.” (4) (B): “And, Allah willing, you will find me among the steadfast”; (N) and (M): “And, Allah willing, you will, Allah willing, find me among the steadfast.” (5) (H), (R), (Y), and (B): “So he kept [him] for a night”; (N) and (M): “So he kept him for a night.” (6) *Al-Hilya*: “Then he was stricken.” (7) The phrase “the throes of death” is absent from (N), (H), and (B). (8) *Al-Hilya*: “He regained consciousness after a stupor, opened his eyes, then said.” (9) *Al-Hilya*: “Choke me as You will”; (N): *ihtifnī hatfaka* (“Cause me to die the death You have ordained”). (10) See this report in *Sīrat Ibn Hishām*, 3:196; *Imtāʿ al-Asmāʿ*, p. 172; and *Zād al-Maʿād*, 3:247. See also the editor’s note and his indication that the report appears in the Sunnah sources.

أَنْتَ؟ قَالَ (١) : يَا أَبَتِ الْحَقُّ مِنْ رَبِّكَ فَلَا تَكُونَنَّ (٢) مِنَ الْمُمْتَرِينَ. قَالَ (٣) : وَأَنَا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ سَتَجِدُنِي مِنَ الصَّابِرِينَ (٤) . فَأَمْسَكَهُ لَيْلَهُ (٥) ثُمَّ دَفَنَهُ مِنَ الْغَدِ، وَطُعِنَ مُعَاذٌ (٦) ، فَقَالَ حِينَ اشْتَدَّ بِهِ النَّزْعُ، [نَزْعُ الْمَوْتِ] (٧) ، فَنَزَعَ نَزْعًا لَمْ يَنْزِعْهُ أَحَدٌ، وَكَانَ كُلَّمَا أَفَاقَ فَتَحَ طَرَفَهُ، وَقَالَ (٨) : رَبِّ اخْنُقْنِي خَنْقَكَ (٩) ، فَوَعِزَّتِكَ إِنَّكَ لَتَعْلَمُ أَنَّ قَلْبِي يُحِبُّكَ ". وَكَذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ: فُزْتُ وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ، قَدْ قَالَهَا مَنْ هُوَ دُونَ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَهَا عَامِرُ بْنُ فُهَيْرَةَ مَوْلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ لَمَّا قُتِلَ يَوْمَ بِئْرِ مَعُونَةَ، وَكَانَ قَدْ بَعَثَهُ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - مَعَ سَرِيَّةٍ قِبَلَ نَجْدٍ، قَالَ الْعُلَمَاءُ بِالسِّيَرِ: طَعَنَهُ جَبَّارُ بْنُ سَلْمَى فَأَنْفَذَهُ، فَقَالَ عَامِرٌ: فُزْتُ وَاللَّهِ، فَقَالَ جَبَّارٌ: مَا قَوْلُهُ: فُزْتُ وَاللَّهِ؟ قَالَ عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ: يَرَوْنَ أَنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ دَفَنَتْهُ (١٠) .

(١) الْحِلْيَةِ: فَاسْتَجَابَ لَهُ فَقَالَ. (٢) الْحِلْيَةِ: فَلَا تَكُنْ، م: فَلَا تَكُ. (٣) الْحِلْيَةِ: فَقَالَ مُعَاذٌ. (٤) ب: وَأَنَا سَتَجِدُنِي إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ مِنَ الصَّابِرِينَ، ن، م: وَأَنَا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ سَتَجِدُنِي إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ مِنَ الصَّابِرِينَ. (٥) ح، ر، ي، ب: فَأَمْسَكَ لَيْلَةً، ن، م: فَأَمْسَكُهُ لَيْلَةً. (٦) الْحِلْيَةِ: فَطُعِنَ. (٧) عِبَارَةُ (نَزْعِ الْمَوْتِ) سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (ح) ، (ب) . (٨) الْحِلْيَةِ: أَفَاقَ مِنْ غَمْرَةٍ فَتَحَ طَرَفَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ. (٩) الْحِلْيَةِ: اخْنُقْنِي خَنْقَتَكَ، ن: احْتِفْنِي حَتْفَكَ. (١٠) انْظُرْ هَذَا الْخَبَرَ فِي: سِيرَةِ ابْنِ هِشَامٍ ٣/١٩٦، إِمْتَاعِ الْأَسْمَاعِ، ص ١٧٢ زَادِ الْمَعَادِ ٣/٢٤٧ وَانْظُرْ تَعْلِيقَ الْمُحَقِّقِ وَإِشَارَتَهُ إِلَى وُجُودِ الْخَبَرِ فِي كُتُبِ السُّنَّةِ.