16. ✧ al-Husayn b. Ali, ᴿᴬ
Musnad al-Bazzar 1357No grade recorded
" الْبَخِيلُ مَنْ ذُكِرْتُ عِنْدَهُ فَلَمْ يُصَلِّ عَلَيَّ
✧ The miser is the one in whose presence I am mentioned and he does not invoke blessings upon me.
Musnad al-Bazzar 1358No grade recorded
" لِلسَّائِلِ حَقٌّ، وَإِنْ جَاءَ عَلَى فَرَسٍ
✧ The beggar has a right, even if he comes on a horse.
Musnad al-Bazzar 1359No grade recorded
" الْحَرْبُ خَدْعَةٌ
✧ War is deception.
Musnad al-Bazzar 1360No grade recorded
لَمَّا مَاتَ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ الْحُسَيْنُ لِسَعِيدِ بْنِ الْعَاصِ، وَهُوَ أَمِيرُ الْمَدِينَةِ: تَقَدَّمْ لَوْلَا أَنَّهَا سُنَّةٌ مَا قُدِّمْتَ
✧ When al-Hasan b. Ali died, al-Husayn said to Sa'id b. al-'As, who was the governor of Madinah: 'Step forward. Were it not that it is a sunnah, you would not have been put forward.'