سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) يَقُولُ إِنَّ عَبْدَ الْعَزِيزِ بْنَ عُمَرَ الْوَالِيَ بَعَثَ إِلَيَّ فَأَتَيْتُهُ وَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ رَجُلَانِ قَدْ تَنَاوَلَ أَحَدُهُمَا صَاحِبَهُ فَمَرَشَ وَجْهَهُ وَ قَالَ مَا تَقُولُ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ فِي هَذَيْنِ الرَّجُلَيْنِ قُلْتُ وَ مَا قَالَا قَالَ قَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا لَيْسَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) فَضْلٌ عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْ بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ فِي الْحَسَبِ وَ قَالَ الْآخَرُ لَهُ الْفَضْلُ عَلَى النَّاسِ كُلِّهِمْ فِي كُلِّ حِينٍ وَ غَضِبَ الَّذِي نَصَرَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) فَصَنَعَ بِوَجْهِهِ مَا تَرَى فَهَلْ عَلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ إِنِّي أَظُنُّكَ قَدْ سَأَلْتَ مَنْ حَوْلَكَ فَأَخْبَرُوكَ فَقَالَ أَقْسَمْتُ عَلَيْكَ لَمَّا قُلْتَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ كَانَ يَنْبَغِي لِلَّذِي زَعَمَ أَنَّ أَحَداً مِثْلُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) فِي الْفَضْلِ أَنْ يُقْتَلَ وَ لَا يُسْتَحْيَا قَالَ فَقَالَ أَ وَ مَا الْحَسَبُ بِوَاحِدٍ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ الْحَسَبَ لَيْسَ النَّسَبَ أَ لَا تَرَى لَوْ نَزَلْتَ بِرَجُلٍ مِنْ بَعْضِ هَذِهِ الْأَجْنَاسِ فَقَرَاكَ فَقُلْتَ إِنَّ هَذَا الْحَسَبُ [لَجَازَ ذَلِكَ] فَقَالَ أَ وَ مَا النَّسَبُ بِوَاحِدٍ قُلْتُ إِذَا اجْتَمَعَا إِلَى آدَمَ ( عليه السلام ) فَإِنَّ النَّسَبَ وَاحِدٌ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) لَمْ يَخْلِطْهُ شِرْكٌ وَ لَا بَغْيٌ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ الْوَالِي فَقُتِلَ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ibn Mahboub, from Yunus Bin Yaqoub, from Matar Bin Arqam who said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> saying that Abul Aziz Bin Umar the governor sent an escort to me, so I<sup>asws</sup> went over to him, and in front of him were two men, one of them had grabbed his companions, so he scratched his face, and he (the governor) said, ‘What are you<sup>asws</sup> saying, O Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> regarding these two men?’ I<sup>asws</sup> said, ‘And what did they both say?’ He said, ‘One of them said, ‘There is not merit for Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> over anyone from the Clan of Umayya with regards to the nobility’, and the other one said to him, ‘He<sup>saww</sup> has the merit over the people, all of them, regarding every thing’, and the one who supported Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> got angered, so he did with his face what you<sup>asws</sup> see. So is there anything upon him?’ So I<sup>asws</sup> said to him: ‘I<sup>asws</sup> think you have already asked the ones around you, so they have informed you’. So he said, ‘I swear to you<sup>asws</sup>, I have not said it’. So I<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘It would be befitting for the one who alleges that anyone is similar to Rasool-Allah<sup>azwj</sup> with regards to the merits, that he should be killed, and not be left to live’. So he said, ‘Or is not the nobility of descent, one?’ So I<sup>asws</sup> said:’ The nobility is not the lineage. Do you not see, if I<sup>asws</sup> were to lodge a man from some of these races, your poor ones, so I said, ‘This is the nobility (that would be allowed)’. So he said, ‘Is not the lineage, one?’ I<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘When it is gathered to Adam<sup>as</sup>, so the lineage is one, (except that) Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> did not mix with Polytheism, nor unchasteness’. So the governor ordered it, so he was killed’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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