Why Did They Become Muslims

39– He said to Mu’âwiya ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anh’ [d. 60 (680 C.E.),
Damascus], “If you should dominate over my Ummat one day,
reward those people who do goodness, and forgive the
malefactors!” Mu’âwiya ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anh’ was the governor of
Damascus for twenty years during the caliphate of ’Uthmân ‘radiy-
Allâhu ’anh’, and later he occupied the office of caliphate for
twenty years.
40– One day he said, “Mu’âwiya will never suffer a defeat.”
When Alî ‘radiy-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’anh’ heard about this hadîth-isherîf
during the battle of Siffîn he said, “I would never have
fought against Mu’âwiya ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anh’ had I heard about it
before.”
41– He said to Ammar bin Yâser ‘radiy-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’anh’,
“You will be killed by rebellious people, by bâghîs.” Indeed,
Ammar attained martyrdom as Alî ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anh’ and he was
fighting against Mu’âwiya ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anh’.
42– He said about Hasan, his daughter Fâtima’s son ‘radiy-
Allâhu ta’âlâ ’anhumâ’, “This son of mine is a source of khayr
(goodness). Owing to him, Allâhu ta’âlâ will make peace between
two great armies of Muslims.” Years later, he was about to enter
into a war against Mu’âwiya ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anh’, when he decided
to give up and renounced his right of caliphate to Mu’âwiya ‘radiy-
Allâhu ’anh’ in order to prevent fitna and consequent bloodshed
of Muslims.
43– Abdullah bin Zubeyr ‘radiy-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’anhumâ’ saw
Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’alaihi wa sallam’ being cupped, and
drank the blood coming out. When the blessed Messenger noticed
this he stated, “Do you know the things that you will suffer from
people? And they will suffer much from you. The fire of Hell will
not burn you.” When Abdullah bin Zubeyr declared himself the
Khalîfa in Mekka years later, Abd-ul-melik bin Merwan sent a
huge army under the command of Hajjâj from Damascus.
Abdullah was caught and killed.
44– One day he looked at Abdullah ibni Abbâs’s mother
‘radiy-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’anhum ajma’în’ and said, “You are going to
have a son. Bring him to me when he is born!” Later, when the
baby was born, they brought it to him. He recited the azân and
the iqâmat into its ears and put his blessed spittle into its mouth.
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