Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

It is narrated from Hazrat Tariq bin Shihab that he said: When the news of the martyrdom of Hazrat Uthman came and I recognized youth and strength in myself, if I fought, I went out and was present with the people. When we reached the place of Rabdhah, Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was present there. He led the people in prayer. When he finished the prayer with salam, he turned his face towards the people and sat leaning in his place of prayer. Hazrat Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) stood and began to speak to him while weeping. He (Ali) said: Speak, and do not weep like a girl. Hazrat Hasan said: I had told you, when the people besieged that man, that you should go to Makkah and reside there, but you did not accept my advice. Then, when they martyred him, I told you to stay in your house until the wisdom of the Arabs returns. Even if you were in the hole of a lizard, they would strike the sides of the camel until they brought you out of that hole. You did not accept my advice, and I beseech you by Allah that you do not go to Iraq, lest you be killed in a state of heedlessness. The narrator said: Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: As for your statement that I should have gone to Makkah, I did not go to that man who made Makkah lawful for fighting for me. And as for your statement that the people martyred Uthman, what is my sin if the people killed him? And as for your statement that I should not go to Iraq (and should stay in Madinah), then I would be like that lizard which, while staying in its hole, hears the sound.