Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 40154 — Those who disliked going out during

It is narrated from Tariq bin Shihab that he said: When the news of the martyrdom of Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) came, and I perceived youth and strength in myself, if I were to fight, I went out and joined the people. When we reached al-Rabadhah, Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was there. He led the people in the Asr prayer. When he gave the salam, he turned his face toward the people and sat leaning back in his place of prayer. Sayyiduna al-Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) stood up and began speaking to him while weeping. He said: "Speak, and do not weep the way a girl weeps." Sayyiduna al-Hasan said: "I told you, when the people besieged this man, to go to Makkah and settle there, but you did not listen to me. Then, when he was martyred, I told you to stay in your house until the good sense of the Arabs returned. For even if you had been in a lizard's hole, they would have driven their camels hard to reach you until they brought you out of that hole, but you did not listen to me. And I adjure you by Allah not to go to Iraq, lest you be killed in a state of neglect." The narrator said: Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "As for your saying that I should have gone to Makkah, I was not the man for whose sake Makkah would be deemed lawful for fighting. As for your saying that the people martyred Uthman, what is my sin if the people killed him? And as for your saying that I should not go to Iraq, (had I stayed in Madinah) I would have been like the hyena that (staying in its den) listens to the pounding on the ground."