English translation
7110. Narrated Ĥarmala, Usāma's Maulā: Usāma (bin Zaid) sent me to 'Ali (at Kūfa) 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.' " Ĥarmala added, " 'Ali didn't give me anything (when I conveyed the message to him) so I went to Ḥasan, Ḥusain and Ibn Ja'far and they loaded my camels with much (wealth)."
