32577 - And Ibn Bishr added to it: Is this world anything except what we have known (and) (1) experienced (2)?

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Burdah, may Allah have mercy on him, who says that Hazrat Muawiyah, may Allah be pleased with him, said: I fought with Hazrat Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, solely because of Hazrat Uthman, may Allah be pleased with him.

It is narrated from Hazrat Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) that a young man from the Quraysh came to Hazrat Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) and spoke harshly to him. Hazrat (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him, "O nephew! I forbid you from going to the king, for surely the king becomes angry like a child and seizes like a lion."

Hazrat Sha’bi (may Allah have mercy on him) says that Ziyad said: The Commander of the Faithful did not surpass me in any aspect of governance except in one matter. I appointed a man as the governor of a region, and he reduced its revenue. Fearing my reproach, he fled to the Commander of the Faithful. I wrote to him that this action was contrary to the practice of the earlier people. He wrote back to me: It is not appropriate for you and me to treat people with the same policy. If we are lenient with everyone, then all will fall into sin, and if we are harsh with everyone, then it will be leading people on the path of destruction. The correct way is that you are suitable for firmness, severity, and strictness, and I am suitable for gentleness, love, and mercy.

Hazrat Aamir (may Allah have mercy on him) says that I heard Hazrat Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) say that the result of sectarianism in any nation is that the people of falsehood overpower the people of truth, except for this Ummah.

Hazrat Saeed bin Suwaid (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Hazrat Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) led us in the Friday prayer at the time of decline at the place of Nakhila, then delivered a sermon to us and said: I did not fight you so that you would start praying, nor so that you would start fasting, nor so that you would start performing Hajj, nor so that you would start giving Zakat. I know very well that you do all these things. I fought you so that I may rule over you, so Allah the Exalted has given me this authority and you dislike it.

Hazrat Huzail bin Shurahbeel (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Hazrat Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) delivered a sermon to us and said: O people! You have come and you have pledged allegiance to me with happiness, and if you had pledged allegiance to an Abyssinian slave whose ears and nose were cut off, I too would have gone with you to pledge allegiance at his hand. The narrator says that when he descended from the pulpit, Hazrat Amr bin Aas (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: Do you know what you have done today? You think that people have pledged allegiance to you with happiness, and if they had pledged allegiance to an Abyssinian slave whose ears and nose were cut off, you too would have gone with them to pledge allegiance at his hand. The narrator says that upon hearing this, Hazrat Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) ascended the pulpit and said: O people! Is there anyone more deserving of this matter than me?

It is narrated from Hazrat Urwah (may Allah have mercy on him) that Hazrat Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Forbearance is nothing but the name of experiences.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abdullah bin Buraidah (may Allah have mercy on him) that Hazrat Husain bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) came to Hazrat Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him). Hazrat Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "Today I am giving you such a gift that I have never given to anyone before you, and among the Arabs, I will not give such a gift to anyone after you." Saying this, he gave him four hundred thousand, and he (Hazrat Husain) accepted it.

Hazrat Abdullah bin Buraidah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that I and my respected father went to Hazrat Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him). He seated my father on the throne, then food was brought and we ate it. Then a drink was brought and we drank it. Hazrat Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: There is nothing that I used to find delicious in my youth and now I still take it, except for milk and good speech, that I still take them.