SERMON 136
About the sincerity of his own intention
and support of the oppressed
Your allegiance to me was
not without thinking,(1)
nor is my and your position the same. I seek you for Allah's sake but you
seek me for your own benefits.
O' people! support me
despite your heart's desires. By Allah, I will take revenge for the
oppressed from the oppressor and will put a string in the nose of the
oppressor and drag him to the spring of truthfulness even though he may
grudge it.
(1).
Here Amir almu'minin points to the view of `Umar ibn al-Khattab which he
had on the allegiance of Abu Bakr on the day of Saqifah when he said: " .
. . let me clarify this to you that the allegiance with Abu Bakr was a
mistake and without thinking (faltah) but Allah saved us from its evil.
Therefore, whoever (intends
to) acts like this you must kill him. . ." (as-Sahih, al-Bukhari, vol. 8,
p. 211; as-Sirah an-Nabawiyyah, Ibn Hisham, vol. 4, pp. 308309; at-Tarikh,
at-Tabari, vol. l, p. l822; al-Kamil, Ibn al-Athir, vol. 2, p. 327;
at-Tarikh, Ibn Kathir, vol. 5, pp. 245246; al-Musnad, Ahmad ibn Hanbal,
vol. l, p. 55; as-Sirah al-Halabiyyah, vol. 3, pp. 388, 392; al-Ansab,
al-Baladhuri, vol. 5, p. l5; at-Tamhid, al-Baqilani, p. l96; ash-Sharh,
Ibn Abi'l-Hadid, vol. 2, p. 23)
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