Nasb-and-the-Nawasib

هذا من جرأة الحجاج قبحه الله وإقدامه على الكالم السيء والدماء الحرام
This was due to the boldness of Ḥajjāj, may Allah disgrace him, and his
advancement in making evil statements and spilling inviolable blood. 1
Ḥajjāj likewise sent a condescending message to ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿUmar taunting
him therein that he coveted the Khilāfah for himself despite not being eligible
for it. 2 And he would also say:
وددت أني قتلت ابن عمر
I wish I had killed Ibn ʿUmar. 3
His insolence had reached such a level that he would say upon the pulpit of Masjid
al-Ḥarām in front of the people:
أل إن ابن الزبير نكس كتاب الله نكس الله قلبه
Behold, Ibn al-Zubayr altered the Book of Allah, may Allah alter his heart. 4
No one had the courage to retort besides ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿUmar.
And one day he said to Anas ibn Mālik I after the latter had appeared before
him:
إيه إيه يا أنيس!‏ يوم لك مع علي،‏ ويوم لك مع ابن الزبير،‏ ويوم لك مع ابن الشعث!‏ والله لستأصلنك كما
تستأصل الشاة،‏ ولدمغنك كما تدمغ الصمغة
1 Al-Bidāyah wa al-Nihāyah 9/128.
2 Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ 3/219.
3 Ibn Sallām: Gharīb al-Ḥadīth 4/411; Tārīkh Madīnah Dimashq 61/409; Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ 4/542.
4 Muṣannaf Ibn Abī Shaybah: chapter of leaders: sub-chapter regarding the leaders and visiting them:
ḥadīth no. 30648; Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Khuzaymah: Chapter of erring in Ṣalāh: sub-chapter regarding perfecting
the Rukūʿ of this Rakʿah and its Sujūd in order to complete his Ṣalāh or his optional Ṣalāh: ḥadīth no.
1027.
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