to that kinship ye were brought into connection with the Apostle of God, whereby ye greatly benefited, and were fulfilled with good.[1] But ye rebelled against him, and slew him. And of a truth we sought your father's death; but God delivered us from the fear of him; though, had we slain him, it had been no sin in the sight of God."
Then ʾUtbah-ibn-Abu-Sufyân rose up, and said, "O Hásan! because thy father transgressed against ʾOthmân, and killed him, coveting the kingdom and things of this world, God snatched both away from him. And verily we desired thy father's death, until he was slain by the Most High."
Then el-Mughîrah-ibn-esh-Shuʾabah stood up, and uttered blameful words concerning ʾAly, and laudatory concerning ʾOthmân.
And when they had all spoken, Hásan rose; and he gave praise and glory to God, and then said: "With
- ↑ El-Walîd apparently chose to overlook the fact that ʾAly's blood-relationship to the Prophet was much nearer than ʾOthmân's. The latter, it is true, married two of Muhammad's daughters, but ʾAly was also married to his best-beloved, and, according to Abuʾl-Fedâ, eldest, daughter, Fâtimah. The common ancestor of the Prophet and ʾOthmân was ʾAbd Manâf, from whom Muhammad and ʾAly were descended in the fourth, and ʾOthmân in the fifth generation.
