أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنِّي أَتَيْتُ هَؤُلَاءِ الْقَوْمَ وَ دَعَوْتُهُمْ وَ احْتَجَجْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ فَدَعَوْنِي إِلَى أَنْ أَصْبِرَ لِلْجِلَادِ وَ أَبْرُزَ لِلطِّعَانِ فَلِأُمِّهِمُ الْهَبَلُ وَ قَدْ كُنْتُ وَ مَا أُهَدَّدُ بِالْحَرْبِ وَ لَا أُرْهَبُ بِالضَّرْبِ أَنْصَفَ الْقَارَةَ مَنْ رَامَاهَا فَلِغَيْرِي فَلْيُبْرِقُوا وَ لْيُرْعِدُوا فَأَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الَّذِي فَلَلْتُ حَدَّهُمْ وَ فَرَّقْتُ جَمَاعَتَهُمْ وَ بِذَلِكَ الْقَلْبِ أَلْقَى عَدُوِّي وَ أَنَا عَلَى مَا وَعَدَنِي رَبِّي مِنَ النَّصْرِ وَ التَّأْيِيدِ وَ الظَّفَرِ وَ إِنِّي لَعَلَى يَقِينٍ مِنْ رَبِّي وَ غَيْرِ شُبْهَةٍ مِنْ أَمْرِي أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّ الْمَوْتَ لَا يَفُوتُهُ الْمُقِيمُ وَ لَا يُعْجِزُهُ الْهَارِبُ لَيْسَ عَنِ الْمَوْتِ مَحِيصٌ وَ مَنْ لَمْ يَمُتْ يُقْتَلْ وَ إِنَّ أَفْضَلَ الْمَوْتِ الْقَتْلُ وَ الَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَأَلْفُ ضَرْبَةٍ بِالسَّيْفِ أَهْوَنُ عَلَيَّ مِنْ مِيتَةٍ عَلَى فِرَاشٍ وَا عَجَبَا لِطَلْحَةَ أَلَّبَ النَّاسَ عَلَى ابْنِ عَفَّانَ حَتَّى إِذَا قُتِلَ أَعْطَانِي صَفْقَتَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ طَائِعاً ثُمَّ نَكَثَ بَيْعَتِي اللَّهُمَّ خُذْهُ وَ لَا تُمْهِلْهُ وَ إِنَّ الزُّبَيْرَ نَكَثَ بَيْعَتِي وَ قَطَعَ رَحِمِي وَ ظَاهَرَ عَلَيَّ عَدُوِّي فَاكْفِنِيهِ الْيَوْمَ بِمَا شِئْتَ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Mahboub, raising it, that, ‘Amir Al-Momineen<sup>asws</sup> addressed on the Day of (the battle of) the Camel, so he<sup>asws</sup> Praised Allah<sup>azwj</sup> and Extolled Him<sup>azwj</sup>, then said: ‘O you people! I<sup>asws</sup> went over to these people and invited them, an argued against them, so they invited me<sup>asws</sup> that I<sup>asws</sup> should wait for the executioner and duelling of the spears. So for their mothers is the bereavement (mourning), and I<sup>asws</sup> have never been, and am not, threatened by the war, nor am I<sup>asws</sup> scared by the beating with the strikes of the one who throws it. So it is for others that they should be (scaring like) lightning and thundering, for I<sup>asws</sup> am Abu Al-Hassan<sup>asws</sup> who blunted their sharp ends and dispersed their groups, and with that I<sup>asws</sup> face my<sup>asws</sup> enemy. And I<sup>asws</sup> am upon what my<sup>asws</sup> Lord<sup>azwj</sup> Promised me<sup>asws</sup>, from the victory, and the support and the triumph. And I<sup>asws</sup> am upon conviction from my<sup>asws</sup> Lord<sup>azwj</sup> and without any doubt from my<sup>asws</sup> affairs. O you people! The death does not miss the ones staying at home, nor does it frustrate the warrior. There is nothing unavoidable about the death, and the one who does not die is killed, and that the most superior of the deaths is being killed. By the One<sup>azwj</sup> in Whose Hand is my<sup>asws</sup> soul, a thousand strikes by the sword is easier upon me<sup>asws</sup> than death upon a bed. And how strange of Talha, being the closest of the people to the son of Affan (Usman), until when he was killed, he came to me clasping with his right hand willingly (pledging allegiance). Then he broke his allegiance to me<sup>asws</sup>. O Allah<sup>azwj</sup>! Seize him and give him no respite! And Al-Zubayr broke his allegiance with me<sup>asws</sup>, and cut off relationship with me<sup>asws</sup>, and backed my<sup>asws</sup> enemies against me, therefore Enshroud him today with whatever You<sup>azwj</sup> so Desire to!’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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