لَهُ مِثْلَ مَقَالَتِهِ لِلْقُرَشِيِّ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ (عليه السلام) أَ رَأَيْتَ إِنْ لَمْ أُقِرَّ لَكَ أَ لَيْسَ تَقْتُلُنِي كَمَا قَتَلْتَ الرَّجُلَ بِالْأَمْسِ فَقَالَ لَهُ يَزِيدُ لَعَنَهُ اللَّهُ بَلَى فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ (عليه السلام) قَدْ أَقْرَرْتُ لَكَ بِمَا سَأَلْتَ أَنَا عَبْدٌ مُكْرَهٌ فَإِنْ شِئْتَ فَأَمْسِكْ وَ إِنْ شِئْتَ فَبِعْ فَقَالَ لَهُ يَزِيدُ لَعَنَهُ اللَّهُ أَوْلَى لَكَ حَقَنْتَ دَمَكَ وَ لَمْ يَنْقُصْكَ ذَلِكَ مِنْ شَرَفِكَ.
Translation
Then he<sup>la</sup> sent for Ali<sup>asws</sup> Bin Al-Husayn<sup>asws</sup>. So he<sup>la</sup> said to him<sup>asws</sup> similar to what he<sup>la</sup> had said to the Qureyshi. Ali<sup>asws</sup> Bin Al-Husayn<sup>asws</sup> said to him<sup>la</sup>: ‘Do you<sup>la</sup> see that if I<sup>asws</sup> do not accept you<sup>la</sup>, you<sup>la</sup> kill me<sup>asws</sup> just as you<sup>la</sup> killed the man yesterday?’ Yazeed<sup>la</sup>, may Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Curse him<sup>la</sup> said to him<sup>asws</sup>, ‘Yes’. So Ali<sup>asws</sup> Bin Al-Husayn<sup>asws</sup> said to him<sup>la</sup>: ‘I<sup>asws</sup> have accepted to you<sup>la</sup> with what you<sup>la</sup> asked. I<sup>asws</sup> am a humble slave (of Allah<sup>azwj</sup>), so if you<sup>la</sup> wish captivate me<sup>asws</sup> or if you<sup>la</sup> wish, release me’. So Yazeed<sup>la</sup> may Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Curse him<sup>la</sup> said to him<sup>asws</sup>, ‘It is of a higher level (referring to the one whom he<sup>la</sup> had killed the day before) even if I (kill) or spare your<sup>asws</sup> blood it would not reduce your<sup>asws</sup> nobility’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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