Arabic (Original)
Ḥadīth | Ṭabarānī (الطبراني) tabarani:2559 حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمَدِينِيِّ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مُجَالِدٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ قَالَ شَهِدْتُ الْحَسَنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ ؓ بِالنَّخِيلَةِ حِينَ صَالَحَهُ مُعَاوِيَةُ ؓ فَقَالَ لَهُ مُعَاوِيَةُ إِذَا كَانَ ذَا فَقُمْ فَتَكَلَّمْ وَأَخْبِرِ النَّاسَ أَنَّكَ قَدْ سَلَّمْتَ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ لِي وَرُبَّمَا قَالَ سُفْيَانُ أَخْبِرِ النَّاسَ بِهَذَا الْأَمْرِ الَّذِي تَرَكْتَهُ لِي فَقَامَ فَخَطَبَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَحَمِدَ اللهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ قَالَ الشَّعْبِيُّ وَأَنَا أَسْمَعُ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَإِنَّ أَكْيَسَ الْكَيْسِ التُّقَى وَإِنَّ أَحْمَقَ الْحُمْقِ الْفُجُورُ وَإِنَّ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ الَّذِي اخْتَلَفْتُ فِيهِ أَنَا وَمُعَاوِيَةُ إِمَّا كَانَ حَقًّا لِي تَرَكْتُهُ لِمُعَاوِيَةَ إِرَادَةَ صَلَاحِ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ وَحَقْنِ دِمَائِهِمْ أَوْ يَكُونُ حَقًّا كَانَ لِامْرِئٍ أَحَقَّ بِهِ مِنِّي فَفَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ {وَإِنْ أَدْرِي لَعَلَّهُ فِتْنَةٌ لَكُمْ وَمَتَاعٌ إِلَى حِينٍ}
English Translation
Al-Sha'bi said: I witnessed al-Hasan ibn 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) at al-Nakhilah when Mu'awiyah made peace with him. Mu'awiyah said to him: "Stand up and address the people, and inform them that you have handed this matter over to me." Al-Hasan stood and gave a sermon from the pulpit. He praised Allah and lauded Him. Al-Sha'bi said: I was listening. Then he said: "As for what follows — indeed, the wisest wisdom is piety, and the most foolish folly is wickedness. This matter over which Mu'awiyah and I have differed — either it was a right of mine that I relinquished to Mu'awiyah for the sake of the welfare of this community and the sparing of their blood, or it was a right that belonged to someone more entitled to it than me, and I acted accordingly. 'And I know not; perhaps it is a trial for you and an enjoyment for a time' (21:111)."