It is narrated from Hazrat Hussain bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: Abdul Malik said that Shaqiq (may Allah have mercy on him) came to Hajjaj. Hajjaj asked, "What is your name?" He replied, "The Amir did not summon me before knowing my name." Hajjaj said, "I wish to seek your help in some of my affairs." The narrator says that he replied, "I fear for my life with you." Thus, he excused himself from Hajjaj's work, and Hajjaj accepted his excuse. The narrator says that when he left Hajjaj, he stood up and said, "He will continue to feign blindness in this manner." The narrator says that Hajjaj said, "Straighten the Sheikh, straighten the Sheikh."

It is narrated from Hazrat Ibn Abjar, may Allah have mercy on him, that Ibn Awsat sent Sha’bi, may Allah have mercy on him, to Hajjaj while he was the governor of Rayy. The narrator says that he was brought to Ibn Abi Muslim, and there was a cordial relationship between the two. Ibn Abi Muslim reproached him and said, "I will take you to the Amir. If the Amir laughs in front of you, do not laugh." The narrator says that after this, he was brought to Hajjaj.

An elder of the tribe of Nakha’ narrates from his grandmother that she said to him: During the time of Hajjaj, Sa’id bin Jubair (may Allah have mercy on him) was in hiding with your father. Your father placed him in a box and took him to Makkah Mukarramah.

It is narrated from Muhammad, may Allah have mercy on him, who says that Walid bin Uqbah said during a sermon: "O people of Kufa! I make it obligatory upon the person who has called me 'the one with thick hair on the chest' to stand up." So, due to his making this obligatory, they became worried, and it was said that whoever stands up and admits that he gave you this name will be killed. Ibn Aun says that 'Adi was the one who gave him this name.

32561 - Ibn ‘Awn said: And he was the one who named him.

It is narrated from Abdul Malik bin Abjar (may Allah have mercy on him) that people were talking when Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) came out; Aqeel was with him, and Aqeel had a ram with him. The narrator says that Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "Someone among us is being spoken ill of." Hazrat Aqeel said, "Well, neither I nor my ram is being spoken ill of, in any case."

It is narrated from Hazrat Mujamma’ (may Allah have mercy on him) that Abdur Rahman bin Abi Laila (may Allah have mercy on him) came to Hajjaj. Hajjaj said to his companions,“If you wish to see the man who insults Hazrat Ameer-ul-Mu'mineen Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), then here is Abdur Rahman before you, look at him.”Hazrat Abdur Rahman (may Allah have mercy on him) said,“O Ameer! I seek refuge with Allah from saying anything bad about Hazrat Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him). Three verses from the Book of Allah prevent me from this. Allah Almighty says: { لِلْفُقَرَائِ الْمُہَاجِرِینَ الَّذِینَ أُخْرِجُوا مِنْ دِیَارِہِمْ وَأَمْوَالِہِمْ یَبْتَغُونَ فَضْلاً مِنَ اللہِ وَرِضْوَانًا وَیَنْصُرُونَ اللَّہَ وَرَسُولَہُ أُولَئِکَ ہُمَ الصَّادِقُونَ } (For the poor emigrants who were expelled from their homes and their properties, seeking Allah’s bounty and pleasure, and helping Allah and His Messenger; they are the truthful.) Hazrat Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) was among these people. Then he recited: { وَالَّذِینَ تَبَوَّؤُوا الدَّارَ وَالإِیمَانَ مِنْ قَبْلِہِمْ } (And those who settled in the city and [adopted] faith before them.) My father was among these people. { وَالَّذِینَ جَاؤُوا مِنْ بَعْدِہِمْ یَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْ لَنَا وَلاِِخْوَانِنَا الَّذِینَ سَبَقُونَا بِالإِیمَانِ } (And those who came after them say, ‘Our Lord, forgive us and our brothers who preceded us in faith.’) I am among these people.”Hajjaj said,“You have spoken the truth.”

Ata bin Saib says that Abu Ja'far Muhammad bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) asked me, "Which people are you from?" He says, I replied, "From those people whom others dislike, that is, from Thaqif."

Hazrat Abu Musa (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Mughira bin Shu’bah (may Allah be pleased with him) said to Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that you should appoint those two men, i.e., Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him) and Talha (may Allah be pleased with him), as governors of Kufa and Basra, and appoint Hazrat Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) as governor of Syria; in this way, they will be pleased with you. Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) replied,“I am not one to do a lowly act in my religion.”The narrator says that later Hazrat Mughira (may Allah be pleased with him) met Hazrat Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him), so Hazrat Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) asked him,“Are you the one who said that?”He replied,“Yes!”He said,“By Allah, no one but Allah could save from the evil of that statement.”

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Musa, may Allah have mercy on him, that Ziyad wrote a letter to Hazrat Ummul Momineen Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, in this manner: "From Ziyad bin Abi Sufyan..." in the hope that she would also address him as "Ibn Abi Sufyan." The narrator says that in reply, she wrote: "From Ummul Momineen Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, to her son Ziyad."