حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ قَالَ عَمْرٌو أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ أَنَّ حَرْمَلَةَ مَوْلَی أُسَامَةَ أَخْبَرَهُ قَالَ عَمْرٌو قَدْ رَأَيْتُ حَرْمَلَةَ قَالَ أَرْسَلَنِي أُسَامَةُ إِلَی عَلِيٍّ وَقَالَ إِنَّهُ سَيَسْأَلُکَ الْآنَ فَيَقُولُ مَا خَلَّفَ صَاحِبَکَ فَقُلْ لَهُ يَقُولُ لَکَ لَوْ کُنْتَ فِي شِدْقِ الْأَسَدِ لَأَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ أَکُونَ مَعَکَ فِيهِ وَلَکِنَّ هَذَا أَمْرٌ لَمْ أَرَهُ فَلَمْ يُعْطِنِي شَيْئًا فَذَهَبْتُ إِلَی حَسَنٍ وَحُسَيْنٍ وَابْنِ جَعْفَرٍ فَأَوْقَرُوا لِي رَاحِلَتِي
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 7110
Narrated Harmala: (Usama's Maula) Usama (bin Zaid) sent me to `Ali (at Kufa) and said, "`Ali will ask you, 'What has prevented your companion from joining me?' You then should say to him, 'If you (`Ali) were in the mouth of a lion, I would like to be with you, but in this matter I won't take any part.' " Harmala added: "`Ali didn't give me anything (when I conveyed the message to him) so I went to Hasan, Hussain and Ibn Ja`far and they loaded my camels with much (wealth).
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020