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مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد
Majma' al-Zawa'id
كتاب الفتن - أعاذنا الله منها
Book of Tribulations (may Allah protect us from them)
بَابٌ فِيمَا كَانَ مِنْ أَمْرِ ابْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ . وَيَزِيدُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ ، وَاسْتِخْلَافُ أَبِيهِ لَهُ ، وَأَيَّامُ الْحَرَّةِ ، وَغَيْرُ ذَلِكَ
What happened in the affair of Ibn al-Zubayr, Yazid bin Muawiyah and his father's appointing him as successor, the days of al-Harrah, and other matters
Majma al-Zawaid — Hadith 12082
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وَعَنْ إِيَادِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ قَالَ : كَتَبَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ إِلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فِي الْبَيْعَةِ ، فَأَبَى أَنْ يُبَايِعَهُ ، فَظَنَّ يَزِيدُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ أَنَّهُ إِنَّمَا امْتَنَعَ عَلَيْهِ لِمَكَانِهِ ، فَكَتَبَ يَزِيدُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ : [ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ ] أَمَّا بَعْدُ ، إِنَّهُ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ الْمُلْحِدَ ابْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ دَعَاكَ إِلَى بَيْعَتِهِ لِيُدْخِلَكَ فِي طَاعَتِهِ فَتَكُونَ عَلَى الْبَاطِلِ ظَهِيرًا ، وَفِي الْمَأْثَمِ شَرِيكًا ، فَامْتَنَعْتَ عَلَيْهِ ، وَانْقَبَضْتَ لِمَا عَرَّفَكَ اللَّهُ فِي نَفْسِكَ مِنْ حَقِّنَا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ ، فَجَزَاكَ اللَّهُ أَفْضَلَ مَا جَزَى الْوَاصِلِينَ عَنْ أَرْحَامِهِمُ الْمُوفِينَ بِعُهُودِهِمْ ، وَمَهْمَا أَنْسَى مِنَ الْأَشْيَاءِ فَلَنْ أَنْسَى بِرَّكَ وَصِلَتَكَ ، وَحُسْنَ جَائِزَتِكَ الَّتِي أَنْتَ أَهْلُهَا فِي الطَّاعَةِ ، وَالشَّرَفِ ، وَالْقَرَابَةِ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَانْظُرْ مَنْ قِبَلَكَ مِنْ قَوْمِكَ وَمَنْ يَطْرَأُ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْآفَاقِ مِمَّنْ يَسْحَرُهُ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ بِلِسَانِهِ ، وَزُخْرُفِ قَوْلِهِ ، فَخَذِّلْهُمْ عَنْهُ ، فَإِنَّهُمْ لَكَ أَطْوَعُ ، وَمِنْكَ أَسْمَعُ مِنْهُمْ لِلْمُلْحِدِ ، وَالْخَارِقِ الْمَارِقِ ، وَالسَّلَامُ .
فَكَتَبَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ إِلَيْهِ : أَمَّا بَعْدُ ، فَقَدْ جَاءَنِي كِتَابُكَ ، تَذْكُرُ فِيهِ دُعَاءَ ابْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ إِيَّايَ لِلَّذِي دَعَانِي إِلَيْهِ ، وَأَنِّي امْتَنَعْتُ عَلَيْهِ مَعْرِفَةً لِحَقِّكَ ، فَإِنْ يَكُنْ ذَلِكَ كَذَلِكَ فَلَسْتُ بِرَّكَ أَرْجُو بِذَلِكَ ، وَلَكِنَّ اللَّهَ بِمَا أَنْوِي بِهِ عَلِيمٌ .
وَكَتَبْتَ إِلَيَّ أَنْ أَحُثَّ النَّاسَ عَلَيْكَ وَأَخْذُلَهُمْ عَنِ ابْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ ، فَلَا وَلَا سُرُورَ وَلَا حُبُورَ ، بِفِيكَ الْكَثْكَثُ ، وَلَكَ الْأَثْلَبُ ، إِنَّكَ الْعَازِبُ إِنْ مَنَّتْكَ نَفْسُكَ ، وَإِنَّكَ لَأَنْتَ الْمَفْقُودُ الْمَثْبُورُ .
وَكَتَبْتَ إِلَيَّ بِتَعْجِيلِ بِرِّي وَصِلَتِي ، فَاحْبِسْ أَيُّهَا الْإِنْسَانُ عَنِّي بِرَّكَ وَصِلَتَكَ ، فَإِنِّي حَابِسٌ عَنْكَ وُدِّي وَنُصْرَتِي ، وَلَعَمْرِي مَا تُعْطِينَا مِمَّا فِي يَدِكَ لَنَا إِلَّا الْقَلِيلَ وَتَحْبِسُ مِنْهُ الطَّوِيلَ الْعَرِيضَ ، لَا أَبَا لَكَ ، أَتُرَانِي أَنْسَى قَتْلَكَ حُسَيْنًا وَفِتْيَانَ بَنِي عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ مَصَابِيحَ الدُّجَى وَنُجُومَ الْأَعْلَامِ ، وَغَادَرَتْهُمْ خُيُولُكَ بِأَمْرِكَ فَأَصْبَحُوا مُصْرَعِينَ فِي صَعِيدٍ وَاحِدٍ ، مُزَمَّلِينَ بِالدِّمَاءِ ، مَسْلُوبِينَ بِالْعَرَاءِ ، لَا مُكَفَّنِينَ وَلَا مُوَسَّدِينَ ، تُسَفِّيهُمُ الرِّيَاحُ ، وَتَغْزُوهُمُ الذِّئَابُ ، وَتَنْتَابُهُمْ عُرْجُ الضِّبَاعِ ، حَتَّى أَتَاحَ اللَّهُ لَهُمْ قَوْمًا لَمْ يُشْرِكُوا فِي دِمَائِهِمْ فَكَفَّنُوهُمْ وَأَجْنَوْهُمْ ، وَبِهِمْ وَاللَّهِ وَبِي مَنَّ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ ، فَجَلَسْتَ فِي مَجْلِسِكَ الَّذِي أَنْتَ فِيهِ ، وَمَهْمَا أَنْسَى مِنَ الْأَشْيَاءِ فَلَسْتُ أَنْسَى تَسْلِيطَكَ عَلَيْهِمُ الدَّعِيَّ ابْنَ الدَّعِيِّ الَّذِي كَانَ لِلْعَاهِرَةِ الْفَاجِرَةِ ، الْبَعِيدَ رَحِمًا ، اللَّئِيمَ أَبًا وَأُمًّا ، الَّذِي اكْتَسَبَ أَبُوكَ فِي ادِّعَائِهِ لَهُ الْعَارَ وَالْمَأْثَمَ وَالْمَذَلَّةَ وَالْخِزْيَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ ، لِأَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - قَالَ : " الْوَلَدُ لِلْفِرَاشِ وَلِلْعَاهِرِ الْحَجَرُ " . وَإِنَّ أَبَاكَ يَزْعُمُ أَنَّ الْوَلَدَ لِغَيْرِ الْفِرَاشِ وَلَا يَضِيرُ الْعَاهِرَ ، وَيَلْحَقُ بِهِ وَلَدُهُ كَمَا يَلْحَقُ وَلَدُ الْبَغِيِّ الرَّشِيدُ ، وَلَقَدْ أَمَاتَ أَبُوكَ السُّنَّةَ جَهْلًا ، وَأَحْيَا الْأَحْدَاثَ الْمُضِلَّةَ عَمْدًا . وَمَهْمَا أَنْسَ مِنَ الْأَشْيَاءِ فَلَسْتُ أَنْسَى تَسْيِيرَكَ حُسَيْنًا مِنْ حَرَمِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - إِلَى حَرَمِ اللَّهِ ، وَتَسْيِيرَكَ إِلَيْهِ الرِّجَالَ ، وَادِّسَاسَكَ إِلَيْهِمْ أَنْ يُدْرِيَكُمْ ، فَعَالَجُوهُ فَمَا زِلْتَ بِذَلِكَ وَكَذَلِكَ حَتَّى أَخْرَجْتَهُ مِنْ مَكَّةَ إِلَى أَرْضِ الْكُوفَةِ ، تَزْأَرُ بِهِ إِلَيْهِ خَيْلُكَ وَجُنُودُكَ زَئِيرَ الْأَسَدِ ، عَدَاوَةً مِنْكَ لِلَّهِ وَلِرَسُولِهِ وَلَأَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ ، ثُمَّ كَتَبْتَ إِلَى ابْنِ مَرْجَانَةَ يَسْتَقْبِلُهُ بِالْخَيْلِ وَالرِّجَالِ وَالْأَسِنَّةِ وَالسُّيُوفِ ، ثُمَّ كَتَبْتَ إِلَيْهِ بِمُعَالَجَتِهِ وَتَرْكِ مُطَاوَلَتِهِ حَتَّى قَتَلْتَهُ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ مِنْ فِتْيَانِ بَنِي عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ أَهْلِ الْبَيْتِ الَّذِينَ أَذْهَبَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمُ الرِّجْسَ وَطَهَّرَهُمْ تَطْهِيرًا ، نَحْنُ كَذَلِكَ لَا كَآبَائِكَ [ الْأَجْلَافِ ] الْجُفَاةِ أَكْبَادِ الْحَمِيرِ ، وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ أَعَزَّ أَهْلِ الْبَطْحَاءِ بِالْبَطْحَاءِ قَدِيمًا وَأَعَزَّهُ بِهَا حَدِيثًا ، لَوَّثُوا الْحَرَمَيْنِ مَقَامًا ، وَاسْتَحَلَّ بِهَا قِتَالًا ، وَلَكِنَّهُ كَرِهَ أَنْ يَكُونَ هُوَ الَّذِي يَسْتَحِلُّ [ بِهِ ] حَرَمَ اللَّهِ وَحَرَمَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَحُرْمَةَ الْبَيْتِ الْحَرَامِ ، [ فَطَلَبَ إِلَيْكُمْ الْحُسَيْنُ الْمُوَادَعَةَ وَسَأَلَكُمُ الرَّجْعَةَ فَاغْتَنَمْتُمْ ] قِلَّةَ أَنْصَارِهِ وَاسْتِئْصَالَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ ، كَأَنَّكُمْ تَقْتُلُونَ أَهْلَ بَيْتٍ مِنَ التُّرْكِ أَوْ كَابُلَ .
وَكَيْفَ تَجِدُنِي عَلَى وُدِّكَ ، وَتَطْلُبُ نَصْرِي ، وَقَدْ قَتَلْتَ بَنِي أَبِي ، وَسَيْفُكَ يَقْطُرُ مِنْ دَمِي ، وَأَنْتَ تَطْلُبُ ثَأْرِي ، فَإِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ لَا يُطِلُّ إِلَيْكَ دَمِي ، وَلَا تَسْبِقُنِي بِثَأْرِي ، وَإِنْ تَسْبِقْنَا بِهِ فَقَبِلْنَا مَا قُتِلَتِ النَّبِيُّونَ [ وَآلُ النَّبِيِّينَ ] ، فَطَلَبَ دِمَاءَهُمْ فِي الدِّمَاءِ ، وَكَانَ الْمُوعِدَ اللَّهُ ، وَكَفَى بِاللَّهِ لِلْمَظْلُومِينَ نَاصِرًا مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ مُنْتَقِمًا . وَالْعَجَبُ كُلُّ الْعَجَبِ مَا عِشْتَ يُرِيكَ الدَّهْرُ الْعَجَبَ ، حَمْلَكَ بَنَاتُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ ، وَحَمْلَكَ أَبْنَاءَهُمْ أُغَيْلِمَةً صِغَارًا إِلَيْكَ بِالشَّامِ ، تُرِي النَّاسَ أَنَّكَ قَدْ قَهَرْتَنَا وَأَنَّكَ تُذِلُّنَا ، وَبِهِمْ وَاللَّهِ وَبِي مَنَّ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَى أَبِيكَ وَأُمِّكَ مِنَ السِّبَاءِ ، وَايْمُ اللَّهِ إِنَّكَ لَتُصْبِحُ وَتُمْسِي آمِنًا لِجِرَاحِ يَدِي وَلَيَعْظُمَنَّ جَرْحُكَ بِلِسَانِي وَبَنَانِي وَنَقْضِي وَإِبْرَامِي ، لَا يَسْتَغِرَّنَّكَ الْجَدَلُ ، فَلَنْ يُمْهِلَكَ اللَّهُ بَعْدَ قَتْلِكَ عِتْرَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - إِلَّا قَلِيلًا حَتَّى يَأْخُذَكَ اللَّهُ أَخْذًا أَلِيمًا ، وَيُخْرِجَكَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا آثِمًا مَذْمُومًا ، فَعِشْ لَا أَبَا لَكَ مَا شِئْتَ فَقَدْ أَرْدَاكَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مَا اقْتَرَفْتَ .
لَمَّا قَرَأَ يَزِيدُ الرِّسَالَةَ قَالَ : لَقَدْ كَانَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ مُنْصَبَّا عَلَى الشَّرِّ .
رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ ، وَفِيهِ جَمَاعَةٌ لَمْ أَعْرِفْهُمْ .
فَكَتَبَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ إِلَيْهِ : أَمَّا بَعْدُ ، فَقَدْ جَاءَنِي كِتَابُكَ ، تَذْكُرُ فِيهِ دُعَاءَ ابْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ إِيَّايَ لِلَّذِي دَعَانِي إِلَيْهِ ، وَأَنِّي امْتَنَعْتُ عَلَيْهِ مَعْرِفَةً لِحَقِّكَ ، فَإِنْ يَكُنْ ذَلِكَ كَذَلِكَ فَلَسْتُ بِرَّكَ أَرْجُو بِذَلِكَ ، وَلَكِنَّ اللَّهَ بِمَا أَنْوِي بِهِ عَلِيمٌ .
وَكَتَبْتَ إِلَيَّ أَنْ أَحُثَّ النَّاسَ عَلَيْكَ وَأَخْذُلَهُمْ عَنِ ابْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ ، فَلَا وَلَا سُرُورَ وَلَا حُبُورَ ، بِفِيكَ الْكَثْكَثُ ، وَلَكَ الْأَثْلَبُ ، إِنَّكَ الْعَازِبُ إِنْ مَنَّتْكَ نَفْسُكَ ، وَإِنَّكَ لَأَنْتَ الْمَفْقُودُ الْمَثْبُورُ .
وَكَتَبْتَ إِلَيَّ بِتَعْجِيلِ بِرِّي وَصِلَتِي ، فَاحْبِسْ أَيُّهَا الْإِنْسَانُ عَنِّي بِرَّكَ وَصِلَتَكَ ، فَإِنِّي حَابِسٌ عَنْكَ وُدِّي وَنُصْرَتِي ، وَلَعَمْرِي مَا تُعْطِينَا مِمَّا فِي يَدِكَ لَنَا إِلَّا الْقَلِيلَ وَتَحْبِسُ مِنْهُ الطَّوِيلَ الْعَرِيضَ ، لَا أَبَا لَكَ ، أَتُرَانِي أَنْسَى قَتْلَكَ حُسَيْنًا وَفِتْيَانَ بَنِي عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ مَصَابِيحَ الدُّجَى وَنُجُومَ الْأَعْلَامِ ، وَغَادَرَتْهُمْ خُيُولُكَ بِأَمْرِكَ فَأَصْبَحُوا مُصْرَعِينَ فِي صَعِيدٍ وَاحِدٍ ، مُزَمَّلِينَ بِالدِّمَاءِ ، مَسْلُوبِينَ بِالْعَرَاءِ ، لَا مُكَفَّنِينَ وَلَا مُوَسَّدِينَ ، تُسَفِّيهُمُ الرِّيَاحُ ، وَتَغْزُوهُمُ الذِّئَابُ ، وَتَنْتَابُهُمْ عُرْجُ الضِّبَاعِ ، حَتَّى أَتَاحَ اللَّهُ لَهُمْ قَوْمًا لَمْ يُشْرِكُوا فِي دِمَائِهِمْ فَكَفَّنُوهُمْ وَأَجْنَوْهُمْ ، وَبِهِمْ وَاللَّهِ وَبِي مَنَّ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ ، فَجَلَسْتَ فِي مَجْلِسِكَ الَّذِي أَنْتَ فِيهِ ، وَمَهْمَا أَنْسَى مِنَ الْأَشْيَاءِ فَلَسْتُ أَنْسَى تَسْلِيطَكَ عَلَيْهِمُ الدَّعِيَّ ابْنَ الدَّعِيِّ الَّذِي كَانَ لِلْعَاهِرَةِ الْفَاجِرَةِ ، الْبَعِيدَ رَحِمًا ، اللَّئِيمَ أَبًا وَأُمًّا ، الَّذِي اكْتَسَبَ أَبُوكَ فِي ادِّعَائِهِ لَهُ الْعَارَ وَالْمَأْثَمَ وَالْمَذَلَّةَ وَالْخِزْيَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ ، لِأَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - قَالَ : " الْوَلَدُ لِلْفِرَاشِ وَلِلْعَاهِرِ الْحَجَرُ " . وَإِنَّ أَبَاكَ يَزْعُمُ أَنَّ الْوَلَدَ لِغَيْرِ الْفِرَاشِ وَلَا يَضِيرُ الْعَاهِرَ ، وَيَلْحَقُ بِهِ وَلَدُهُ كَمَا يَلْحَقُ وَلَدُ الْبَغِيِّ الرَّشِيدُ ، وَلَقَدْ أَمَاتَ أَبُوكَ السُّنَّةَ جَهْلًا ، وَأَحْيَا الْأَحْدَاثَ الْمُضِلَّةَ عَمْدًا . وَمَهْمَا أَنْسَ مِنَ الْأَشْيَاءِ فَلَسْتُ أَنْسَى تَسْيِيرَكَ حُسَيْنًا مِنْ حَرَمِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - إِلَى حَرَمِ اللَّهِ ، وَتَسْيِيرَكَ إِلَيْهِ الرِّجَالَ ، وَادِّسَاسَكَ إِلَيْهِمْ أَنْ يُدْرِيَكُمْ ، فَعَالَجُوهُ فَمَا زِلْتَ بِذَلِكَ وَكَذَلِكَ حَتَّى أَخْرَجْتَهُ مِنْ مَكَّةَ إِلَى أَرْضِ الْكُوفَةِ ، تَزْأَرُ بِهِ إِلَيْهِ خَيْلُكَ وَجُنُودُكَ زَئِيرَ الْأَسَدِ ، عَدَاوَةً مِنْكَ لِلَّهِ وَلِرَسُولِهِ وَلَأَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ ، ثُمَّ كَتَبْتَ إِلَى ابْنِ مَرْجَانَةَ يَسْتَقْبِلُهُ بِالْخَيْلِ وَالرِّجَالِ وَالْأَسِنَّةِ وَالسُّيُوفِ ، ثُمَّ كَتَبْتَ إِلَيْهِ بِمُعَالَجَتِهِ وَتَرْكِ مُطَاوَلَتِهِ حَتَّى قَتَلْتَهُ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ مِنْ فِتْيَانِ بَنِي عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ أَهْلِ الْبَيْتِ الَّذِينَ أَذْهَبَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمُ الرِّجْسَ وَطَهَّرَهُمْ تَطْهِيرًا ، نَحْنُ كَذَلِكَ لَا كَآبَائِكَ [ الْأَجْلَافِ ] الْجُفَاةِ أَكْبَادِ الْحَمِيرِ ، وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ أَعَزَّ أَهْلِ الْبَطْحَاءِ بِالْبَطْحَاءِ قَدِيمًا وَأَعَزَّهُ بِهَا حَدِيثًا ، لَوَّثُوا الْحَرَمَيْنِ مَقَامًا ، وَاسْتَحَلَّ بِهَا قِتَالًا ، وَلَكِنَّهُ كَرِهَ أَنْ يَكُونَ هُوَ الَّذِي يَسْتَحِلُّ [ بِهِ ] حَرَمَ اللَّهِ وَحَرَمَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَحُرْمَةَ الْبَيْتِ الْحَرَامِ ، [ فَطَلَبَ إِلَيْكُمْ الْحُسَيْنُ الْمُوَادَعَةَ وَسَأَلَكُمُ الرَّجْعَةَ فَاغْتَنَمْتُمْ ] قِلَّةَ أَنْصَارِهِ وَاسْتِئْصَالَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ ، كَأَنَّكُمْ تَقْتُلُونَ أَهْلَ بَيْتٍ مِنَ التُّرْكِ أَوْ كَابُلَ .
وَكَيْفَ تَجِدُنِي عَلَى وُدِّكَ ، وَتَطْلُبُ نَصْرِي ، وَقَدْ قَتَلْتَ بَنِي أَبِي ، وَسَيْفُكَ يَقْطُرُ مِنْ دَمِي ، وَأَنْتَ تَطْلُبُ ثَأْرِي ، فَإِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ لَا يُطِلُّ إِلَيْكَ دَمِي ، وَلَا تَسْبِقُنِي بِثَأْرِي ، وَإِنْ تَسْبِقْنَا بِهِ فَقَبِلْنَا مَا قُتِلَتِ النَّبِيُّونَ [ وَآلُ النَّبِيِّينَ ] ، فَطَلَبَ دِمَاءَهُمْ فِي الدِّمَاءِ ، وَكَانَ الْمُوعِدَ اللَّهُ ، وَكَفَى بِاللَّهِ لِلْمَظْلُومِينَ نَاصِرًا مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ مُنْتَقِمًا . وَالْعَجَبُ كُلُّ الْعَجَبِ مَا عِشْتَ يُرِيكَ الدَّهْرُ الْعَجَبَ ، حَمْلَكَ بَنَاتُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ ، وَحَمْلَكَ أَبْنَاءَهُمْ أُغَيْلِمَةً صِغَارًا إِلَيْكَ بِالشَّامِ ، تُرِي النَّاسَ أَنَّكَ قَدْ قَهَرْتَنَا وَأَنَّكَ تُذِلُّنَا ، وَبِهِمْ وَاللَّهِ وَبِي مَنَّ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَى أَبِيكَ وَأُمِّكَ مِنَ السِّبَاءِ ، وَايْمُ اللَّهِ إِنَّكَ لَتُصْبِحُ وَتُمْسِي آمِنًا لِجِرَاحِ يَدِي وَلَيَعْظُمَنَّ جَرْحُكَ بِلِسَانِي وَبَنَانِي وَنَقْضِي وَإِبْرَامِي ، لَا يَسْتَغِرَّنَّكَ الْجَدَلُ ، فَلَنْ يُمْهِلَكَ اللَّهُ بَعْدَ قَتْلِكَ عِتْرَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - إِلَّا قَلِيلًا حَتَّى يَأْخُذَكَ اللَّهُ أَخْذًا أَلِيمًا ، وَيُخْرِجَكَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا آثِمًا مَذْمُومًا ، فَعِشْ لَا أَبَا لَكَ مَا شِئْتَ فَقَدْ أَرْدَاكَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مَا اقْتَرَفْتَ .
لَمَّا قَرَأَ يَزِيدُ الرِّسَالَةَ قَالَ : لَقَدْ كَانَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ مُنْصَبَّا عَلَى الشَّرِّ .
رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ ، وَفِيهِ جَمَاعَةٌ لَمْ أَعْرِفْهُمْ .
Iyad bin al-Walid narrates: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them both) wrote to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) concerning the pledge of allegiance, and Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) refused to pledge allegiance to him. Yazid bin Mu'awiyah thought that he had refused on his account (that is, on account of Yazid bin Mu'awiyah), so Yazid wrote a letter to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) in which was written: (O Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both!) To proceed: It has reached me that the heretic Ibn al-Zubayr invited you to pledge allegiance to him so that he might bring you under his obedience, and you would become a helper of falsehood and a partner in sin; but you refused and held back your hand because, O People of the House, Allah Almighty placed in your heart the recognition of our right. So may Allah Almighty give you the best reward He gives to those who maintain the ties of kinship and fulfil their covenants. I may forget many things, but I will not forget your goodness, your upholding of kinship and your kindness; you are worthy of it by virtue of obedience, honour and kinship with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Look to those of your people who are around you, and to those who come to you from distant regions, whom Ibn al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them both) has bewitched with his tongue and his embellished, false talk, and draw them away from him, for compared with this heretic, this divisive renegade, the people are more obedient to you and listen to you more. Peace!
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) wrote to him (in reply): To proceed: Your letter has reached me, in which you mentioned that Ibn al-Zubayr invited me to what he invited me to, and that I refused him out of recognition of your right. Even if that were so, I would not hope for any kindness from you because of it; rather, Allah Almighty knows best my intention in this. You wrote to me that I should urge the people towards you and draw them away from Ibn al-Zubayr. That will not be! It is no cause for joy and no cause for good. Dust in your mouth, and stones for you! If your soul flatters you, you are one who has strayed far, and you are a lost and ruined man. As for what you wrote to me about hastening my goodness and kinship towards me: O man, keep your goodness and your kinship far (from me), for I too have withheld my love and my support from you. By my life, whatever you give from what is in your hand will be little, and you will hold back a great, long and broad portion of it. May you have no father! Do you think that I will forget that you had Sayyiduna Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) and the young men of the family of Abd al-Muttalib martyred, who were lamps in the darkness and shining stars, and that by your order your horsemen desecrated their bodies? They lay on one plain, shrouded in blood, stripped of their belongings and left in the open, neither shrouded nor laid to rest; the winds kept blowing dust over them, wolves kept coming to them, and hyenas kept tearing at them, until Allah Almighty brought to them a people who had no share in shedding their blood, and they arranged their shrouding and burial. By Allah, Allah Almighty favoured you so that you are in the position you now hold. I can forget everything, but I cannot forget that you set over them a man of doubtful lineage, the son of a sinful adulteress, distant in kinship and base on his father's and mother's side; this is the man by claiming whom your father earned for himself shame, sin and disgrace in this world and the Hereafter. For the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The child belongs to the owner of the bed, and for the fornicator there is deprivation (or the stone)." Yet your father held that the child may be given to someone other than the owner of the bed, that no harm should come to the fornicator, and that his (illegitimate) child should be attached to him, just as the child of a harlot is attached to a righteous man. Thus your father killed the Sunnah out of ignorance and deliberately brought forth misguiding innovations. I can forget many things, but I cannot forget that you forced Sayyiduna Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) to leave the sanctuary of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) for the sanctuary of Allah Almighty, and then you sent your men and conspirators towards him, so that if the situation got out of hand you would deal with him. You kept doing this to him until you forced him to leave Makkah for the land of Kufah, where you had your horsemen and armies lying in wait for him as a lion lies in wait. All this was because of your enmity towards Allah Almighty, His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and his (that is, the Messenger's, peace and blessings be upon him) family. Then you wrote to Ibn Marjanah and ordered him to confront him with his horsemen and foot soldiers, with spears and swords, and then you also wrote to him to do it quickly and not delay, until you had him (that is, Sayyiduna Husayn, may Allah be pleased with him) killed, together with the young men of the children of Abd al-Muttalib who were with him, who belonged to a household from whom Allah Almighty had removed impurity and whom He had thoroughly purified. We too are like that, not like your foolish and harsh forefathers who had livers (that is, hearts) like those of donkeys. You know that he (that is, Sayyiduna Husayn, may Allah be pleased with him) was the most honoured of the people of al-Bat'ha, both in ancient times and in recent times. You people violated the sanctity of the two Sanctuaries and made killing lawful there, but he disliked becoming the one through whom the sanctity of the sanctuary of Allah Almighty, the sanctuary of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and the Sacred House would be harmed. Sayyiduna Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) asked you to let him go and asked you to let him return, but you seized the opportunity of his few helpers and wiped out the members of his household as if you were killing the members of a household of the Turks or of Kabul. How can you find love for yourself from me, and how can you ask for my help, when you have killed the children of my father, drops of my blood are dripping from your sword, and you want my companionship? If Allah wills, my blood will not go to waste, and vengeance for it will surely be taken. And if vengeance for it cannot be taken, we will accept that the Prophets and the families of the Prophets were also martyred, and an account was demanded for their killing too. In any case, there is Allah Almighty's promise (that is, one day He will call everyone to account), and Allah Almighty suffices as a Helper of the oppressed and as One who takes vengeance on the oppressors. What is astonishing is that as long as you live, time will keep showing you astonishing things. The daughters of the family of Abd al-Muttalib and the little children of their family were carried to you in Syria so that you could show the people that you had overpowered us and humiliated us, when, by Allah, it is because of them and because of me that Allah Almighty showed favour to you, your father and your mother. By Allah, you spend your mornings and evenings safe from being wounded by my hands, but the wound you receive from my tongue, my fingertips (that is, my writing) and my undoing and binding (or silence) will keep growing. Fighting will not bring you success, and after your killing of the family of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), Allah Almighty will give you only a little respite, until Allah Almighty seizes you with a painful seizing and takes you from this world in a state of being blameworthy and sinful. So, may you have no father, live as you please, but what you have committed has rendered you worthless before Allah Almighty. The narrator says: When Yazid read this letter, he said: Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) was bent on evil.
Al-Tabarani recorded it, and its chain contains a group of narrators whom I do not know.
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) wrote to him (in reply): To proceed: Your letter has reached me, in which you mentioned that Ibn al-Zubayr invited me to what he invited me to, and that I refused him out of recognition of your right. Even if that were so, I would not hope for any kindness from you because of it; rather, Allah Almighty knows best my intention in this. You wrote to me that I should urge the people towards you and draw them away from Ibn al-Zubayr. That will not be! It is no cause for joy and no cause for good. Dust in your mouth, and stones for you! If your soul flatters you, you are one who has strayed far, and you are a lost and ruined man. As for what you wrote to me about hastening my goodness and kinship towards me: O man, keep your goodness and your kinship far (from me), for I too have withheld my love and my support from you. By my life, whatever you give from what is in your hand will be little, and you will hold back a great, long and broad portion of it. May you have no father! Do you think that I will forget that you had Sayyiduna Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) and the young men of the family of Abd al-Muttalib martyred, who were lamps in the darkness and shining stars, and that by your order your horsemen desecrated their bodies? They lay on one plain, shrouded in blood, stripped of their belongings and left in the open, neither shrouded nor laid to rest; the winds kept blowing dust over them, wolves kept coming to them, and hyenas kept tearing at them, until Allah Almighty brought to them a people who had no share in shedding their blood, and they arranged their shrouding and burial. By Allah, Allah Almighty favoured you so that you are in the position you now hold. I can forget everything, but I cannot forget that you set over them a man of doubtful lineage, the son of a sinful adulteress, distant in kinship and base on his father's and mother's side; this is the man by claiming whom your father earned for himself shame, sin and disgrace in this world and the Hereafter. For the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The child belongs to the owner of the bed, and for the fornicator there is deprivation (or the stone)." Yet your father held that the child may be given to someone other than the owner of the bed, that no harm should come to the fornicator, and that his (illegitimate) child should be attached to him, just as the child of a harlot is attached to a righteous man. Thus your father killed the Sunnah out of ignorance and deliberately brought forth misguiding innovations. I can forget many things, but I cannot forget that you forced Sayyiduna Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) to leave the sanctuary of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) for the sanctuary of Allah Almighty, and then you sent your men and conspirators towards him, so that if the situation got out of hand you would deal with him. You kept doing this to him until you forced him to leave Makkah for the land of Kufah, where you had your horsemen and armies lying in wait for him as a lion lies in wait. All this was because of your enmity towards Allah Almighty, His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and his (that is, the Messenger's, peace and blessings be upon him) family. Then you wrote to Ibn Marjanah and ordered him to confront him with his horsemen and foot soldiers, with spears and swords, and then you also wrote to him to do it quickly and not delay, until you had him (that is, Sayyiduna Husayn, may Allah be pleased with him) killed, together with the young men of the children of Abd al-Muttalib who were with him, who belonged to a household from whom Allah Almighty had removed impurity and whom He had thoroughly purified. We too are like that, not like your foolish and harsh forefathers who had livers (that is, hearts) like those of donkeys. You know that he (that is, Sayyiduna Husayn, may Allah be pleased with him) was the most honoured of the people of al-Bat'ha, both in ancient times and in recent times. You people violated the sanctity of the two Sanctuaries and made killing lawful there, but he disliked becoming the one through whom the sanctity of the sanctuary of Allah Almighty, the sanctuary of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and the Sacred House would be harmed. Sayyiduna Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) asked you to let him go and asked you to let him return, but you seized the opportunity of his few helpers and wiped out the members of his household as if you were killing the members of a household of the Turks or of Kabul. How can you find love for yourself from me, and how can you ask for my help, when you have killed the children of my father, drops of my blood are dripping from your sword, and you want my companionship? If Allah wills, my blood will not go to waste, and vengeance for it will surely be taken. And if vengeance for it cannot be taken, we will accept that the Prophets and the families of the Prophets were also martyred, and an account was demanded for their killing too. In any case, there is Allah Almighty's promise (that is, one day He will call everyone to account), and Allah Almighty suffices as a Helper of the oppressed and as One who takes vengeance on the oppressors. What is astonishing is that as long as you live, time will keep showing you astonishing things. The daughters of the family of Abd al-Muttalib and the little children of their family were carried to you in Syria so that you could show the people that you had overpowered us and humiliated us, when, by Allah, it is because of them and because of me that Allah Almighty showed favour to you, your father and your mother. By Allah, you spend your mornings and evenings safe from being wounded by my hands, but the wound you receive from my tongue, my fingertips (that is, my writing) and my undoing and binding (or silence) will keep growing. Fighting will not bring you success, and after your killing of the family of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), Allah Almighty will give you only a little respite, until Allah Almighty seizes you with a painful seizing and takes you from this world in a state of being blameworthy and sinful. So, may you have no father, live as you please, but what you have committed has rendered you worthless before Allah Almighty. The narrator says: When Yazid read this letter, he said: Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) was bent on evil.
Al-Tabarani recorded it, and its chain contains a group of narrators whom I do not know.
