Arabic (Original)
Ḥadīth | Ṭabarānī (الطبراني) tabarani:2761 حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْوَاسِطِيُّ ثنا وَهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ أَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ حُصَيْنٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَمِيلَةَ أَنَّ الْحَسَنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ ؓ حِينَ قُتِلَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ اسْتُخْلِفَ فَبَيْنَمَا هُوَ يُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ إِذْ وَثَبَ عَلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ فَطَعَنَهُ بِخِنْجَرٍ فِي وَرِكِهِ فَتَمَرَّضَ مِنْهَا أَشْهُرًا ثُمَّ قَامَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ يَخْطُبُ فَقَالَ يَا أَهْلَ الْعِرَاقِ اتَّقُوا اللهَ فِينَا فَإِنَّا أُمَرَاؤُكُمْ وَضِيفَانُكُمْ وَنَحْنُ أَهْلُ الْبَيْتِ الَّذِي قَالَ اللهُ ﷻ {إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنْكُمُ الرِّجْسَ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَيُطَهِّرَكُمْ تَطْهِيرًا} فَمَا زَالَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَكَلَّمُ حَتَّى مَا يُرَى فِي الْمَسْجِدِ إِلَّا بَاكِيًا
English Translation
Abu Jamilah reported: When 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was killed, al-Hasan ibn 'Ali was appointed as his successor. While he was leading the people in prayer, a man leapt upon him and stabbed him in the hip with a dagger. He was ill from it for months. Then he stood on the pulpit to address the people and said: "O people of Iraq, fear Allah regarding us, for we are your rulers and your guests. We are the People of the House about whom Allah Most High said: 'Allah only intends to remove impurity from you, O People of the Household, and to purify you with a thorough purification' (33:33)." He continued speaking that day until there was no one in the mosque who was not weeping.