مصنف ابن ابي شيبه
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
كتاب الأمراءBook of Governors
ما ذكر من حديث الأمراء والدخول عليهمNarrations Regarding the Words of Rulers and Entering Their Courts
Hadith 32565
٣٢٥٦٥ - حدثنا حسين بن علي عن أبي موسى قال: قال المغيرة بن شعبة لعلي: اكتب إلى هذين الرجلين بعهدهما إلى الكوفة والبصرة -يعني الزبير وطلحة، (واكتب) (١) إلى معاوية بعهده إلى الشام فإنه سيرضى منك بذلك، قال: قال علي: لم أكن (لأعطي) (٢) (الدنية) (٣) في ديني، قال: فلما (٤) كان بعدُ لقي المغيرة معاوية فقال له معاوية: أنت صاحب الكلمة؟ قال: نعم، (قال) (٥): أم واللَّه ما وقى شرها إلا اللَّه (٦).
Hazrat Abu Musa (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Mughira bin Shu’bah (may Allah be pleased with him) said to Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that you should appoint those two men, i.e., Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him) and Talha (may Allah be pleased with him), as governors of Kufa and Basra, and appoint Hazrat Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) as governor of Syria; in this way, they will be pleased with you. Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) replied, “I am not one to do a lowly act in my religion.” The narrator says that later Hazrat Mughira (may Allah be pleased with him) met Hazrat Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him), so Hazrat Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) asked him, “Are you the one who said that?” He replied, “Yes!” He said, “By Allah, no one but Allah could save from the evil of that statement.”
