مصنف ابن ابي شيبه
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
كتاب الفتنBook of Tribulations
من كره الخروج في الفتنة وتعوذ منهاThose Who Disliked Participating in Tribulation and Sought Refuge From It
Hadith 40208
٤٠٢٠٨ - حدثنا وكيع عن الأعمش عن سالم (بن) (١) أبي الجعد عن عبد اللَّه بن سبيع قال: خطبنا علي (٢) (قال) (٣): لتخضبن (هذه) (٤) من هذا -يعني لحيته من رأسه- قالوا: أخبرنا به نقتله، قال: إذن باللَّه تقتلون بي غير قاتلي، ⦗٣٠٦⦘ قالوا: فاستخلف (علينا) (٥)، قال: لا، (ولكن) (٦) أترككم (إلى ما ترككم) (٧) إليه رسول اللَّه ﷺ (٨)، قال: فما تقول لربك إذا لقيته؟ قال: أقول: اللهم كنت فيهم ثم (قبضتني إليك) (٩)، وأنت فيهم، (فإن) (١٠) شئت أصلحتهم وإن شئت أفسدتهم (١١).
It is narrated from Hazrat Abdullah bin Sabi’ that he said: Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) delivered a sermon before us and said: This part will be made blood-soaked up to here, and by that he meant the part from the beard to the head. The people said: Tell us about this person so we may kill him. Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: By Allah, then you would kill for me a man who is not my killer. Then the people said: Appoint a caliph over us. Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: No, rather I will leave you in the same state in which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) left you (i.e., without appointing a caliph). The people said: What will you say to your Lord when you meet Him? He replied: I will say, O Allah! When I was among them, You were also among them. If You had willed, You would have reformed their condition, and if You had willed, You would have worsened their condition.
