اسْتَعْمَلَ مُعَاوِيَةُ مَرْوَانَ بْنَ الْحَكَمِ عَلَى الْمَدِينَةِ وَ أَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَفْرِضَ لِشَباب قُرَيْشٍ فَفَرَضَ لَهُمْ فَقَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ( عليه السلام ) فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَقَالَ مَا اسْمُكَ فَقُلْتُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ فَقَالَ مَا اسْمُ أَخِيكَ فَقُلْتُ عَلِيٌّ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ وَ عَلِيٌّ مَا يُرِيدُ أَبُوكَ أَنْ يَدَعَ أَحَداً مِنْ وُلْدِهِ إِلَّا سَمَّاهُ عَلِيّاً ثُمَّ فَرَضَ لِي فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى أَبِي فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ وَيْلِي عَلَى ابْنِ الزَّرْقَاءِ دَبَّاغَةِ الْأَدَمِ لَوْ وُلِدَ لِي مِائَةٌ لَأَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ لَا أُسَمِّيَ أَحَداً مِنْهُمْ إِلَّا عَلِيّاً .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Barqy, from Abdul Rahman Bin Muhammad Al Azramy who said, ‘Muawiya (appointed) Marwan Bin Al-Hakam as an office bearer at Al-Medina, and instructed him that he should impose upon the youth of Qureysh, so he imposed to them. So Ali<sup>asws</sup> Bin Al-Husayn<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘So he came over to me<sup>asws</sup>, so he said, ‘What is your<sup>asws</sup> name?’ So I said, ‘Ali<sup>asws</sup> Bin Al-Husayn<sup>asws</sup>’. So he said, ‘What is the name of your<sup>asws</sup> brother?’ So I<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Ali’. So he said, ‘Ali and Ali, what did your<sup>asws</sup> father<sup>asws</sup> intend, that he<sup>asws</sup> did not leave anyone from his<sup>asws</sup> sons except that he<sup>asws</sup> named him as Ali?’ Then he imposed to me. So I<sup>asws</sup> returned to my<sup>asws</sup> father<sup>asws</sup>, so I<sup>asws</sup> informed him<sup>asws</sup>. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Woe be unto the son of Zarqa, the tanner of the unseeded land. If there were born for me<sup>asws</sup> one hundred (sons), I<sup>asws</sup> would love it not to name anyone of them except as Ali’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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