Nasb-and-the-Nawasib

And ʿAbd Allah ibn Salām I said the following:
لقد فتح الناس على أنفسهم بقتل عثمان باب فتنة ل تغلق عنهم إلى قيام الساعة
By killing ʿUthmān I the people have opened a door of Fitnah upon
themselves which will not close till the advent of the final hour. 1
Hence after the martyrdom of Amīr al-Muʾminīn ʿUthmān I the fitnah broke
out on such a large scale that not a household from the household of the Arabs
was spared. 2 Hence the people were flabbergasted regarding the events still to
unfold and how to interpret what had just happened. This is where rumours
regarding ʿAlī I having a share in what had happened took root. And this was
largely being circulated by the Banū Umayyah. 3
Therefore, in eulogising the demise of ʿUthmān I and depicting the chitchat
of the people Ḥassān ibn Thābit I said the following poem:
من سره الموت صرفا ل مزاج له
مستحقبي حلق الماذي قد سفعت
ضحوا بأشمط عنوان السجود به
صبرا فدي لكم أمي وما ولدت
فقد رضينا بأرض الشام نافرة
إني لمنهم وإن غابوا وإن شهدوا
لتسمعن وشيكا في ديارهم
يا ليت شعري وليت الطير تخبرني
فليأت مأسدة في دار عثمانا
فوق المخاطم بيض زان أبدانا
يقطع الليل تسبيحا وقرآنا
قد ينفع الصبر في المكروه أحيانا
وبالمير وباإلخوان إخوانا
ما دمت حيا وما سميت حسانا
الله أكبر،‏ يا ثارات عثمانا
ما كان شأن على وابن عفانا
Whoever is happy with a death which is pure and untainted, he should
come to a den in the house of ʿUthmān.
Carrying weapons on their backs whilst helmets which they wore darkened
their noses but beautified their bodies.
1 Tahdhīb al-Kamāl 19/460.
2 Al-Jawāb al-Ṣaḥīḥ 6/86.
3 Tārīkh Dimashq 39/450; Tārīkh al-Khulafāʾ p. 163.
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