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المعجم الكبير للطبراني
Al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (Tabarani)
باب العين
Companions Whose Names Begin with Ayn (ع)
أخبار أبي مسعود ووفاته
Accounts and death of Abu Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him)
Mu'jam Kabir Tabarani 14593 — When Sayyiduna Ali set out for Siffin
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حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، ثَنَا عَارِمٌ أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ، ثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ مُجَالِدٍ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ قَالَ: لَمَّا خَرَجَ عَلِيٌّ إِلَى صِفِّينَ اسْتَخْلَفَ أَبَا مَسْعُودٍ عَلَى الْكُوفَةِ، وَكَانَ رِجَالٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ اسْتَخْفَوْا عَلِيًّا فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ ظَهَرُوا، وَكَانَ نَاسٌ يَأْتُونَ أَبَا مَسْعُودٍ فَيَقُولُونَ: قَدْ وَاللهِ أَهْلَكَ اللهُ أعْدَاءَهُ وَأَظْفَرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، فَيَقُولُ أَبُو مَسْعُودٍ: «إنِّي وَاللهِ مَا أَعُدُّهُ ظَفَرًا وَلَا عَافِيَةً أَنْ تَظْهَرَ إِحْدَى الطَّائِفَتَيْنِ عَلَى الْأُخْرَى» قَالُوا: فَمَهْ؟ قَالَ: «يَكُونُ بَيْنَ الْقَوْمِ صُلْحٌ» فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ عَلِيٌّ ذَكَرُوا ذَلِكَ لَهُ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: «اعْتَزِلْ عَمَلَنَا» قَالَ: وَذَاكَ مَهْ؟ قَالَ: «إنَّا وَجَدْنَاكَ لَا تَعْقِلُ عَقْلَةً» قَالَ: «أَمَّا أَنَا فَقَدْ بَقِيَ مِنْ عَقْلِي مَا أعْلَمُ أَنَّ الْآخِرَ شَرٌّ»
Imam al-Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: When Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) set out for Siffin, he appointed Sayyiduna Abu Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) as his deputy over Kufah. Some men from the people of Kufah had been hiding from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), and when he set out (for Siffin) they came out into the open. Some people would come to Sayyiduna Abu Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) and say: "By Allah, Allah has destroyed his enemies and given victory to the believers." Abu Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) would say: "By Allah, I do not consider it a victory or a well-being that one of the two groups prevails over the other." The people asked: "Then what is better?" He said: "That there be reconciliation between the people." When Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) came back, the people mentioned this to him, and Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Withdraw from our office." Abu Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "And why is that?" Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "We have found that your understanding has become somewhat weak." Abu Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "As for me, enough of my understanding remains for me to know that what comes later is worse than what came before."
