Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 39911 — Those who disliked going out during

Abu al-Minhal Sayyar bin Salamah narrated: In the time when Ibn Ziyad was expelled, Marwan attacked in Syria, Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) in Makkah, and the Qur'an reciters in Basrah. Awf said: Abu al-Minhal said: My father became extremely grieved. The narrator said: Abu al-Minhal used to praise his father well. Abu al-Minhal said: My father said to me: "O my son, take us to this man from among the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)." So we set out to Sayyiduna Abu Barzah al-Aslami (may Allah be pleased with him) on an extremely hot day. He was sitting in a high shade that had been made for him from reeds. My father began, wanting to draw him into conversation, and said: "O Abu Barzah, do you not see? Do you not see?" The first thing he said was: "I am displeased with the tribes of Quraysh. Indeed, O tribes of the Arabs, you were in that state of small numbers and ignorance which you know. And indeed Allah Almighty raised you up through Islam and through Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), until you have reached the state you see. And it is this world that has spread corruption among you. Indeed, that one in Syria (he meant Marwan), by Allah, he is fighting only for this world. And indeed, that one in Makkah (he meant Ibn al-Zubayr), by Allah, he is fighting only for this world. And indeed, these around you, whom you call your reciters, by Allah, they too are fighting only for this world." The narrator Abu al-Minhal said: When he had not left out anyone, my father said to him: "What is your opinion?" He said: "Today I consider no one better than a group that clings to the ground, whose bellies are empty of people's wealth and whose backs are free of responsibility for people's blood."