Ahadith on Mukhtar Al-Saqafi
Al-Mukhtar ibn Abi Ubayd Al-Saqafi was considered a Shia from the inhabitants of Al-Kufa and was imprisoned when Imam Hussain-asws was martyred in Karbala in 680.[1] Mukhtar initiated a revolt against Bani Ummayd and succeeded in killing the killers of the martyrs of Karbala (Imam Hussain-asws, his-asws family and companions) during his short rule in Kufa. Ahadith are both in his favour and against him so it would be very important to report both types of Ahadith and be fair with the character of Al-Mukhtar Al-Saqafi.
However, Allah-azwj does not Waste the rewards of people, so Mukhtar Al-Saqafi’s killings of the enemies of the Ahl Al-Bayt-asws will not be wasted.
أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَحُجُّ فَيَجْعَلُ حَجَّتَهُ وَ عُمْرَتَهُ أَوْ بَعْضَ طَوَافِهِ لِبَعْضِ أَهْلِهِ وَ هُوَ عَنْهُ غَائِبٌ بِبَلَدٍ آخَرَ قَالَ قُلْتُ فَيَنْقُصُ ذَلِكَ مِنْ أَجْرِهِ قَالَ لَا هِيَ لَهُ وَ لِصَاحِبِهِ وَ لَهُ أَجْرٌ سِوَى ذَلِكَ بِمَا وَصَلَ
Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, from Safwan, from Is’haq Bin Ammar,
(It has been narrated) from Abu Ibrahim-asws (7th Imam-asws), said, ‘I asked him-asws about the man who performs Hajj, so he makes his Hajj and his Umra, or part of his circumambulation for one of his family members, and he is absent from him in another city. I said, ‘So would that effect a reduction from his Recompense?’ He-asws said: ‘No. It would be for him and for his companion; and for him would be a recompense besides that with what he has linked’.
قُلْتُ وَ هُوَ مَيِّتٌ هَلْ يَدْخُلُ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ نَعَمْ حَتَّى يَكُونُ مَسْخُوطاً عَلَيْهِ فَيُغْفَرُ لَهُ أَوْ يَكُونُ مُضَيَّقاً عَلَيْهِ فَيُوَسَّعُ عَلَيْهِ قُلْتُ فَيَعْلَمُ هُوَ فِي مَكَانِهِ أَنَّ عَمَلَ ذَلِكَ لَحِقَهُ قَالَ نَعَمْ قُلْتُ وَ إِنْ كَانَ نَاصِباً يَنْفَعُهُ ذَلِكَ قَالَ نَعَمْ يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُ
I said, ‘And he is deceased, would that enter upon him?’ He-asws said: ‘Yes, to the extent that if he happens to be under Wrath, so it would be Forgiven for him, or if there happens to be a constriction upon him, so it would be Expanded upon him’. I said, ‘So he, in his place, would know that, that deed was performed for his right?’ He-asws said: ‘Yes’. I said, ‘And even if he was a Nasibi (Hostile one), that would benefit him?’ He-asws said: ‘Yes. It (Punishment) would be Lightened from him’.[2]
Compilation of Ahadith on Mukhtar Al-Saqafi:
فأدخل منزله فأشار المختار على عمه أن يوثقه و يسير به إلى معاوية على أن يطعمه خراج جوحى سنة فأبى عليه و قال للمختار قبح الله رأيك أنا عامل أبيه و قد ائتمنني و شرفني و هبني بلاء أبيه أ أنسى رسول الله ص و لا أحفظه في ابن ابنته و حبيبته.
He-asws entered his house. Al-Mukhtar consulted to his uncle that he should bind/arrest him-asws and travel with him to Muawiya upon that he would give him the taxes of Jowha for a year. But he refused to him and said to Al-Mukhtar, ‘May Allah-azwj Uglify your view! I am an office bearer of his-asws father-asws, and he-asws had entrusted me and ennobled me, and you want to give me the affliction of his-asws father-asws? Have you forgotten Rasool-Allah-saww and are not preserving him-saww regarding the son-asws of his-saww daughter-asws and his-saww beloved?’
ثم إن سعد بن مسعود أتاه ع بطبيب و قام عليه حتى برأ و حوله إلى بيض المدائن
Sa’ad Bin Masoud came to him-asws with a physician and stood upon him until he-asws was cured, and transferred him to Al-Madain.
و قد أجاب ع حجر بن عدي الكندي لما قال له سودت وجوه المؤمنين فقال ع ما كل أحد يحب ما تحب و لا رأيه كرأيك و إنما فعلت ما فعلت إبقاء عليكم
And he (Al-Hassan-asws) had answered Hujr Bin Aday Al-Kindy when he had said to him, ‘You-asws have blackened the faces of the Momineen!’ He-asws said: ‘Everyone does not love what you love, nor does he view like your view, and rather I-asws did what I-asws did for the remaining (alive) to be upon you all’’.
قال ابن الجوزى في التذكرة ص 112: قال الشعبى: فبينا الحسن في سرادقه بالمدائن و قد تقدم قيس بن سعد، اذ نادى مناد في العسكر: الا ان قيس بن سعد قد قتل فانفروا، فنفروا الى سرادق الحسن فنازعوه حتّى أخذوا بساطا كان تحته، و طعنه رجل بمشقص فأدماه،
Ibn Al Jowzy said in ‘Al Tazkira’ Page 112, ‘Al Shaby said, ‘While Al-Hassan-asws was in his-asws tent at Al Madain, and Qays Bin Sa’ad had gone ahead, when a caller called out among the soldiers, ‘Indeed! Qays Bin Sa’ad has been killed, so disperse!’ They dispersed to the tensts of Al-Hassan and they snatched him-asws until they grabbed the carpet which was under him-asws, and a man stabbed him-asws with a sharp arrow which was with him, and bled him-asws.
فازدادت رغبته في الدخول في الجماعة، و ذعر منهم فدخل المقصورة التي في المدائن بالبيضاء، و كان الامير على المدائن سعد بن مسعود الثقفى عم المختار ولاه عليها عليّ عليه السلام.
His-asws desire to enter into the community increase and he-asws feared from them. So, he-asws entered the cabin which was in Al Madain at Al Bayza’a, and the governor upon Al Madain was Sa’ad Bin Masoud Al Saqafy, an uncle of Al Mukhtar. Ali-asws had placed him in charge.
فقال له المختار، و كان شابا: هل لك في الغناء و الشرف؟ قال: و ما ذلك؟ قال: تستوثق من الحسن و تسلمه الى معاوية، فقال له سعد: قاتلك اللّه، أثب على ابن رسول اللّه و أوثقه و اسلمه الى ابن هند؟ بئس الرجل أنا ان فعلته.
Al Mukhtar said to him, and he was a youth, ‘Is it for you to be in the riches and the nobility?’ He said, ‘And what is that?’ He said, ‘Bind Al-Hassan-asws and submit him to Muawiya’. Sa’ad said to him, ‘May Allah-azwj Kill you! Should I pounce upon a son-asws of Rasool-Allah-azwj and bind him-asws and submit him-asws to a son of Hinda? I would be an evil man if I were to do it’.
و ذكر ابن سعد في الطبقات: ان المختار قال لعمه سعد: هل لك في أمر تسود به العرب؟ قال: و ما هو؟ قال: دعنى أضرب عنق هذا- يعنى الحسن- و أذهب به الى معاوية. فقال له: قبحك اللّه ما هذا بلاؤهم عندنا أهل البيت.
Ibn Sa’ad mentioned in ‘Al Tabaqaat’ – ‘Al Mukhtar said to his uncle Sa’ad, ‘It is for you to be in a matter the Arabs would prevail with it?’ He said, ‘And what is it?’ He said, ‘Leave me to strike off the neck of this one’ – meaning Al-Hassan-asws – ‘And go with it to Muawiya!’’ He said to him, ‘May Allah-azwj Uglify you! This will not be their affliction, People-asws of the Household, with us’’.
وَ رَوَى عَبَّاسُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي مِخْنَفٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْكَنُودِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ قَالَ: لَمَّا بَايَعَ الْحَسَنُ ع مُعَاوِيَةَ أَقْبَلَتِ الشِّيعَةُ تَتَلَاقَى بِإِظْهَارِ الْأَسَفِ وَ الْحَسْرَةِ عَلَى تَرْكِ الْقِتَالِ فَخَرَجُوا إِلَيْهِ بَعْدَ سَنَتَيْنِ مِنْ يَوْمَ بَايَعَ مُعَاوِيَةَ
And it is reported by Abbas Bin Hisham, from his father, from Abu Mikhnaf, from Abu Al Kanoud Abdul Rahman Bin Ubeyd who said,
‘When Al-Hassan-asws pledged Allegiance to Muawiya, the Shias came converging revealing the feeling of being sorry and the regret upon leaving the fighting. They came out to him-asws after two years from the day he-asws had pledged to Muawiya.
فَقَالَ لَهُ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ صُرَدَ الْخُزَاعِيُّ مَا يَنْقَضِي تَعَجُّبُنَا مِنْ بَيْعَتِكَ مُعَاوِيَةَ وَ مَعَكَ أَرْبَعُونَ أَلْفَ مُقَاتِلٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ كُلُّهُمْ يَأْخُذُ الْعَطَاءَ وَ هُمْ عَلَى أَبْوَابِ مَنَازِلِهِمْ وَ مَعَهُمْ مِثْلُهُمْ مِنْ أَبْنَائِهِمْ وَ أَتْبَاعِهِمْ سِوَى شِيعَتِكَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَصْرَةِ وَ الْحِجَازِ
Suleyman Bin Surad al Khuzaie said to him-asws, ‘We have not stopped being surprised from your-asws pledging allegiance to Muawiya and there are forty thousand fighters from the people of Al Kufa with you-asws. All of them are taking the awards and they are at the doors of their house, and along with them are their like, from their sons and their followers, besides your-asws Shias from the people of Al Basra and Al Hijaz.
ثُمَّ لَمْ تَأْخُذْ لِنَفْسِكَ ثِقَةً فِي الْعَقْدِ وَ لَا حَظّاً مِنَ الْعَطِيَّةِ فَلَوْ كُنْتَ إِذْ فَعَلْتَ مَا فَعَلْتَ أَشْهَدْتَ عَلَى مُعَاوِيَةَ وُجُوهَ أَهْلِ الْمَشْرِقِ وَ الْمَغْرِبِ وَ كَتَبْتَ عَلَيْهِ كِتَاباً بِأَنَّ الْأَمْرَ لَكَ بَعْدَهُ كَانَ الْأَمْرُ عَلَيْنَا أَيْسَرَ وَ لَكِنَّهُ أَعْطَاكَ شَيْئاً بَيْنَكَ وَ بَيْنَهُ لَمْ يَفِ بِهِ
Then you-asws did not take any assurances for yourself-asws in the pact nor any share from the award. If only, when you-asws did what you-asws did, had kept witnessed upon Muawiya, faces of the east and the west, and written an agreement upon him that the command should be for you-asws after him-asws, the matter would have been easier upon us, but he gave you-asws something between you-asws and him, he will not be loyal with it’.
ثُمَّ لَمْ يَلْبَثْ أَنْ قَالَ عَلَى رُءُوسِ الْأَشْهَادِ إِنِّي كُنْتُ شَرَطْتُ شُرُوطاً وَ وَعَدْتُ عِدَاةً إِرَادَةً لِإِطْفَاءِ نَارِ الْحَرْبِ وَ مُدَارَاةً لِقَطْعِ الْفِتْنَةِ فَلَمَّا أَنْ جَمَعَ اللَّهُ لَنَا الْكَلِمَ وَ الْأُلْفَةَ فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ تَحْتَ قَدَمَيَّ وَ اللَّهِ مَا عَنَى بِذَلِكَ غَيْرَكَ وَ مَا أَرَادَ إِلَّا مَا كَانَ بَيْنَكَ وَ بَيْنَهُ وَ قَدْ نَقَضَ
Then it was not long before he said at the heads of the ones present, ‘If you-asws could have stipulated conditions and taken promises intending to extinguish the fire of war and complying in order to terminate the Fitna. When Allah-azwj had gathered for us words and affection, so that is now under the feet. By Allah-azwj! He did not mean by that apart from you-asws, and he did not intend except what had happened between you-asws and him, and he has broken (the agreement).
فَإِذَا شِئْتَ فَأَعِدِ الْحَرْبَ خُدْعَةً وَ ائْذَنْ لِي فِي تَقَدُّمِكَ إِلَى الْكُوفَةِ فَأُخْرِجَ عَنْهَا عَامِلَهُ وَ أُظْهِرَ خَلْعَهُ وَ تَنَبَّذْ إِلَيْهِ عَلى سَواءٍ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لا يُحِبُّ الْخائِنِينَ وَ تَكَلَّمَ الْبَاقُونَ بِمِثْلِ كَلَامِ سُلَيْمَانَ
So if you-asws like, you-asws can return to war as a deception and permit for me I can go ahead of you-asws to Al Kufa and exept his office bearer from it and reveal his removal, and banish him to him, then discard (the agreement) to them upon equality, surely Allah does not Love the treacherous [8:58]’. And the rest of them spoke like the speech of Suleyman.
فَقَالَ الْحَسَنُ ع أَنْتُمْ شِيعَتُنَا وَ أَهْلُ مَوَدَّتِنَا فَلَوْ كُنْتُ بِالْحَزْمِ فِي أَمْرِ الدُّنْيَا أَعْمَلَ وَ لِسُلْطَانِهَا أَرْكَضَ وَ أَنْصَبَ، مَا كَانَ مُعَاوِيَةُ بِأَبْأَسَ مِنِّي بَأْساً وَ لَا أَشَدَّ شَكِيمَةً وَ لَا أَمْضَى عَزِيمَةً وَ لَكِنِّي أَرَى غَيْرَ مَا رَأَيْتُمْ وَ مَا أَرَدْتُ بِمَا فَعَلْتُ إِلَّا حَقْنَ الدِّمَاءِ
Al-Hassan-asws said: ‘You are our-asws Shias and people of our-asws cordiality. If you were decisive in the matter of the world, then do it, and run and set up for its authority. Muawiya was not mightier than me-asws in mighty, nor is he of severe obstinacy than me-asws, nor is he of more accomplished determination, but I-asws can see other than what you are seeing, and I-asws did not intend with what I-asws did, except save the blood.
فَارْضُوا بِقَضَاءِ اللَّهِ وَ سَلِّمُوا لِأَمْرِهِ وَ الْزَمُوا بُيُوتَكُمْ وَ أَمْسِكُوا. أَوْ قَالَ كُفُّوا أَيْدِيَكُمْ حَتَّى يَسْتَرِيحَ بَرٌّ أَوْ يُسْتَرَاحَ مِنْ فَاجِرٍ
So, be pleased with the Decree of Allah-azwj and submit to His-azwj Command and stay in your houses, and withhold!’ Or he-asws said: ‘Restrain your hands until the righteous are rested, or they are rested from mischief-makers’’.[3]
سر، السرائر أَبَانُ بْنُ تَغْلِبَ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ زُرْعَةَ عَنْ سَمَاعَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ مَرَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ بِشَفِيرِ النَّارِ وَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ الْحَسَنُ وَ الْحُسَيْنُ فَيَصِيحُ صَائِحٌ مِنَ النَّارِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهُ أَغِثْنِي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ثَلَاثاً
(The book) ‘Al Saraair’ – Aban Bin Taghlib, from Ja’far Bin Ibrahim, from Zur’ah, from Sama’at who said,
‘I heard Abu Abdullah-asws saying: ‘When it will be the Day of Qiyamah, Rasool-Allah-saww would pass by an edge of the Fire, and (so will) Amir Al-Momineen-asws, and Al-Hassan-asws, and Al-Husayn-asws. There would be a scream of a screamer from the Fire: ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww, help me!’ – thrice.
قَالَ فَلَا يُجِيبُهُ قَالَ فَيُنَادِي يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ثَلَاثاً أَغِثْنِي فَلَا يُجِيبُهُ قَالَ فَيُنَادِي يَا حُسَيْنُ يَا حُسَيْنُ يَا حُسَيْنُ أَغِثْنِي أَنَا قَاتِلُ أَعْدَائِكِ
He (Abu Abdullah-asws) said: ‘He-saww will not answer him. So he will call out, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen-asws! O Amir Al-Momineen-asws!’ – thrice – ‘Help me!’ But he-asws will not answer him. He will call out, ‘O Husayn-asws! O Husayn-asws! O Husayn-asws! Help me, I am the killer of your-asws enemies?’
قَالَ فَيَقُولُ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ قَدِ احْتَجَّ عَلَيْكَ قَالَ فَيَنْقَضُّ عَلَيْهِ كَأَنَّهُ عُقَابٌ كَاسِرٌ قَالَ فَيُخْرِجُهُ مِنَ النَّارِ
He (Abu Abdullah-asws) said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww would say to him-asws: ‘He has argued upon you-asws’. He-asws will swoop down to him as if he-asws is spreading wings. He-asws will extract him from the Fire’.
قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع وَ مَنْ هَذَا جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ قَالَ الْمُخْتَارُ
He (the narrator) said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah-asws! And who is this? May I be sacrificed for you-asws!’ He-asws said: ‘Al-Mukhtar-ra!’
قُلْتُ لَهُ وَ لِمَ عُذِّبَ بِالنَّارِ وَ قَدْ فَعَلَ مَا فَعَلَ
I said to him-asws, ‘And why would he-ra be Punished with the Fire, and he-ra has done what he-ra has done?’
قَالَ إِنَّهُ قَالَ كَانَ فِي قَلْبِهِ مِنْهُمَا شَيْءٌ وَ الَّذِي بَعَثَ مُحَمَّداً بِالْحَقِّ لَوْ أَنَّ جَبْرَئِيلَ وَ مِيكَائِيلَ كَانَ فِي قَلْبَيْهِمَا شَيْءٌ لَأَكَبَّهُمَا اللَّهُ فِي النَّارِ عَلَى وُجُوهِهِمَا.
He (the narrator) said, ‘He-asws said: ‘He had something in his-ra heart of them two (Abu Bakr and Umar). By the One-azwj Who Sent Muhammad-saww with the truth! Even if Jibraeel-as and Mikaeel-as were to have something in their-as hearts (about Abu Bakr and Umar), Allah-azwj would Fling them-as into the Fire upon their-as faces!’’[4]
كش، رجال الكشي حَمْدَوَيْهِ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى عَنْ سَدِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: لَا تَسُبُّوا الْمُخْتَارَ فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ قَتَلَ قَتَلَتَنَا وَ طَلَبَ بِثَأْرِنَا وَ زَوَّجَ أَرَامِلَنَا وَ قَسَّمَ فِينَا الْمَالَ عَلَى الْعُسْرَةِ
(The book) ‘Rijal’ Al Kashy – Hamdawiya, from Yaqoub, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hisham Bin Al Musanna, from Sadeyr,
‘From Abu Ja’far-asws having said: ‘Do not revile Al-Mukhtar-ra for he-ra killed ones who killed us-asws, and sought our-asws retaliation, and got our-asws widows married, and distributor the wealth among us upon the scattering’’.[5]
كش، رجال الكشي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ وَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ حَامِدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَزْدَادَ الرَّازِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي الْخَطَّابِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْمُزَخْرَفِ عَنْ حَبِيبٍ الْخَثْعَمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: كَانَ الْمُخْتَارُ يَكْذِبُ عَلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ ع
(The book) ‘Rijal’ of Al Kashy – Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan and Usman Bin Hamid, from Muhammad Bin Hamid, from Muhammad Bin Yazdad Al Razy, from Ibn Abu Al Khattab, from Abdullah Al Muzakhraf, from Habeeb Al Khas’amy,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘Al-Mukhtar-ra used to belie upon Ali-asws Bin Al-Husayn-asws’’.[6]
كش، رجال الكشي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ وَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ حَامِدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَزْدَادَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَرِيكٍ قَالَ: دَخَلْنَا عَلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع يَوْمَ النَّحْرِ وَ هُوَ مُتَّكِئٌ وَ قَالَ أَرْسِلْ إِلَى الْحَلَّاقِ فَقَعَدْتُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ إِذْ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ شَيْخٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ فَتَنَاوَلَ يَدَهُ لِيُقَبِّلَهَا فَمَنَعَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ مَنْ أَنْتَ
(The book) ‘Al Rijal’ of Al Kashy – Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan, and Usman Bin Hamid, from Muhammad Bin Yazdad, from Muhammad Bin Al-Husayn, from Musa Bin Yasaar, from Abdullah Bin Al-Zubeyr, from Abdullah Bin Shareek who said,
‘We entered to see Abu Ja’far-asws on the day of the sacrifice and he-asws was reclining, and he-asws said: ‘Send for the barber!’ I sat in front of him-asws when a sheykh from the people of Al-Kufa entered to see him-asws. He tried to grab his-asws hand in order to kiss it, but he-asws prevented it, then said: ‘Who are you?’
قَالَ أَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَكَمُ بْنُ الْمُخْتَارِ بْنِ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ الثَّقَفِيُّ وَ كَانَ مُتَبَاعِداً مِنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع فَمَدَّ يَدَهُ إِلَيْهِ حَتَّى كَادَ يُقْعِدُهُ فِي حَجْرِهِ بَعْدَ مَنْعِهِ يَدَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَصْلَحَكَ اللَّهُ إِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدْ أَكْثَرُوا فِي أَبِي وَ قَالُوا وَ الْقَوْلُ وَ اللَّهِ قَوْلُكَ
He said, ‘I am Abu Bakr Muhammad Al-Hakam Bin Al-Mukhtar Bin Abu Ubeyd Al-Saqafy’, and he was at a distance from Abu Ja’far-asws. He-asws extended his-asws hand to him until he-asws almost seated him in his-asws lap, after having prevented him his-asws hand. Then he said, ‘May Allah-azwj Keep you-asws well! The people have spoken a lot regarding my father-ra and they are saying (things), and the (final) word, by Allah-azwj, is your-asws word!’
قَالَ وَ أَيَّ شَيْءٍ يَقُولُونَ قَالَ يَقُولُونَ كَذَّابٌ وَ لَا تَأْمُرُنِي بِشَيْءٍ إِلَّا قَبِلْتُهُ
He-asws said: ‘And which thing are they saying?’ He said, ‘They are saying he-asws is a liar, and you-asws will not instruct me with anything, except I will accept it!’
فَقَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي وَ اللَّهِ أَنَّ مَهْرَ أُمِّي كَانَ مِمَّا بَعَثَ بِهِ الْمُخْتَارُ أَ وَ لَمْ يَبْنِ دُورَنَا وَ قَتَلَ قَاتِلِينَا وَ طَلَبَ بِدِمَائِنَا فَرَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ
He-asws said: ‘Glory be to Allah-azwj! My-asws father-asws informed me-asws, by Allah-azwj, that the dowry of my-asws mother-as was from what Al-Mukhtar had sent, and didn’t he-ra build our-asws houses and killed our-asws killers, and sought our-asws bloods? So, may Allah-azwj have Mercy on him-ra!
وَ أَخْبَرَنِي وَ اللَّهِ أَبِي أَنَّهُ كَانَ لَيَسْمُرُ عِنْدَ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتِ عَلِيٍّ يُمَهِّدُهَا الْفِرَاشَ وَ يُثْنِي لَهَا الْوَسَائِدَ وَ مِنْهَا أَصَابَ الْحَدِيثَ رَحِمَ اللَّهُ أَبَاكَ رَحِمَ اللَّهُ أَبَاكَ مَا تَرَكَ لَنَا حَقّاً عِنْدَ أَحَدٍ إِلَّا طَلَبَهُ قَتَلَ قَتَلَتَنَا وَ طَلَبَ بِدِمَائِنَا
And my-asws father-asws informed me-asws, by Allah-azwj, that he-asws had an evening chat with (Syeda) Fatima Bint Ali-asws, preparing her-asws bed and sorting out the pillows for her-asws, and from her-asws he-asws attained the Hadeeth. May Allah-azwj have Mercy on your father-ra! May Allah-azwj have Mercy on your father-ra! He-ra did not leave any right of our-asws with anyone, except he-ra sought it. He-ra killed our-asws killers and sought our-asws bloods’’.[7]
كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنِ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُسْلِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: قَالَ لِي مَا زَالَ سِرُّنَا مَكْتُوماً حَتَّى صَارَ فِي يَدَيْ وُلْدِ كَيْسَانَ فَتَحَدَّثُوا بِهِ فِي الطَّرِيقِ وَ قُرَى السَّوَادِ
(The book) ‘Al Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Al Rabie Bin Muhammad Al Musly, from Abdullah Bin Suleyman,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws. He (the narrator) said, ‘He-asws said to me: ‘Our-asws secrets did not cease to be concealed until these came to be in the hands of the sons of Kaysan. They narrated with it in the streets and the villages of the plains’’.[8]
بيان قال الفيروزآبادي كيسان لقب المختار بن أبي عبيد المنسوب إليه الكيسانية
Explanation: Al-Firozabady said, ‘Kaysan is a title of Al-Mukhtar Bin Abu Ubeyd-ra, the Kaysaniyya are attributed to him-ra’’.
يب، تهذيب الأحكام مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ هِلَالٍ عَنْ أُمَيَّةَ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْقَيْسِيِّ عَنْ بَعْضِ مَنْ رَوَاهُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: قَالَ لِي يَجُوزُ النَّبِيُّ الصِّرَاطَ يَتْلُوهُ عَلِيٌّ وَ يَتْلُو عَلِيّاً الْحَسَنُ وَ يَتْلُو الْحَسَنَ الْحُسَيْنُ
(The book) ‘Tehzeeb Al Ahkaam’ – Muhammad Bin Ali Bin Mahboub, from Muhammad Bin Ahmad Bin Abu Qatadah, from Ahmad Bin Hilal, from Umayya Bin Ali Al qaysi, from one of the ones who reported it,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws, he (the narrator) said, ‘He-asws said to me: ‘The Prophet-saww will Cross the Bridge followed by Ali-asws, and Ali-asws followed by Al-Hassan-asws, and Al-Hassan-asws followed by Al-Husayn-asws.
فَإِذَا تَوَسَّطُوهُ نَادَى الْمُخْتَارُ الْحُسَيْنَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ إِنِّي طَلَبْتُ بِثَأْرِكَ فَيَقُولُ النَّبِيُّ لِلْحُسَيْنِ ع أَجِبْهُ فَيَنْقَضُّ الْحُسَيْنُ فِي النَّارِ كَأَنَّهُ عُقَابٌ كَاسِرٌ فَيُخْرِجُ الْمُخْتَارَ حُمَمَةً وَ لَوْ شُقَّ عَنْ قَلْبِهِ لَوُجِدَ حُبُّهُمَا فِي قَلْبِهِ
When he-asws is in the middle of it, Al-Mukhtar-ra will call out to Al-Husayn-asws, ‘O Abu Abdullah-asws! I-ra sought your-asws retaliation!’ The Prophet-saww will say to Al-Husayn: ‘Answer him-ra!’ So Al-Husayn-asws will swoop into the Fire as if he-asws is spreading wings. He-asws will extract Al-Mukhtar-ra protectively. And if his-ra heart were to be split, love for them (Abu Bakr and Umar) would be found in his-ra heart’’.[9]
بيان قوله ع حبهما أي حب الشيخين الملعونين
Explanation: His-asws words: ‘Their love’ – love for the two accursed sheykhs (Abu Bakr and Umar).
16- وَ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ حَسَنُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ فِي كِتَابِ الْمُحْتَضَرِ قِيلَ بَعَثَ الْمُخْتَارُ بْنُ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ ع بِمِائَةِ أَلْفِ دِرْهَمٍ فَكَرِهَ أَنْ يَقْبَلَهَا مِنْهُ وَ خَافَ أَنْ يَرُدَّهَا فَتَرَكَهَا فِي بَيْتٍ
And the sheykh Hassan Bin Suleyman said in ‘Kitab Al Mukhtasar’ –
‘It is said, ‘Al-Mukhtar Bin Abu Ubeydullah-ra dispatched to Ali-asws Bin Al-Husayn-asws one hundred thousand Dirhams. He-asws disliked to accept it from him-ra and was scared from returning it, so he-asws left it in the house.
فَلَمَّا قُتِلَ الْمُخْتَارُ كَتَبَ إِلَى عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ يُخْبِرُهُ بِهَا فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ خُذْهَا طَيِّبَةً هَنِيئَةً فَكَانَ عَلِيٌّ يَلْعَنُ الْمُخْتَارَ وَ يَقُولُ كَذَبَ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَ عَلَيْنَا لِأَنَّ الْمُخْتَارَ كَانَ يَزْعُمُ أَنَّهُ يُوحَى إِلَيْهِ
When Al-Mukhtar-ra was killed, he-asws wrote to Abdul Malik informing him of it. He wrote to him-asws, ‘Take it goodly, welcomingly’. Ali-asws (Bin Al-Husayn-asws) used to curse Al-Mukhtar-ra and saying: ‘He-ra lied upon Allah-azwj and upon us-asws!’, because Al-Mukhtar-ra claimed that it was being Revealed to him-ra’’.[10]
[1] Mukhtar al-Thaqafi – Wikipedia
[2] Al Kafi – V 4 – The Book of Hajj Ch 72 H 4
[3] Bihar Al Awaar – V 43, The book of History – Al Hassanasws, Ch 18 H 9 b
[4] Bihar Al Awaar – V 45, The book of History – Al Hassanasws, Ch 49 H 5
[5] Bihar Al Awaar – V 45, The book of History – Al Hassanasws, Ch 49 H 7
[6] Bihar Al Awaar – V 45, The book of History – Al Hassanasws, Ch 49 H 8
[7] Bihar Al Awaar – V 45, The book of History – Al Hassanasws, Ch 49 H 9
[8] Bihar Al Awaar – V 45, The book of History – Al Hassanasws, Ch 49 H 14
[9] Bihar Al Awaar – V 45, The book of History – Al Hassanasws, Ch 49 H 15
[10] Bihar Al Awaar – V 45, The book of History – Al Hassanasws, Ch 49 H 16 / 1