alabbas knocked on the door and said answer the commander of the faithful. he said what does the commander of the faithful do for me? he said answer your imam. so he opened the door put out his lamp and sat in the middle of the house in the darkness. then harun started walking around until his hand fell on him. he said oh what a soft hand it is if it escapes the punishment of allah on the day of resurrection. so he sat and said o commander of the faithful prepare for the answer of allah the most high on the day of resurrection for you need to advance with every muslim man and woman and every believing man and woman. then harun began to cry. alabbas said be quiet for you have killed the commander of the faithful. he said o haman you and your companions will kill him and you say to me that you killed him. harun said he did not name you haman except that he made me pharaoh. harun said to him this is my mothers dowry a thousand dinars accept it from me. he said o commander of the faithful may god reward you only as you have rewarded me. i say to you return it to the one from whom you took it and you say to me take it yourself. so he got up and left. it was narrated on the authority of muhammad bin kab alqurazi that umar bin abdul aziz said describe justice to me. he said o commander of the faithful be a father to the young muslims a son to the old among them and a brother to the like and punish each one of them according to his sin and the size of his body and beware of striking with your anger a single whip lest you enter the fire. it was narrated from alhasan that he wrote to omar bin abdul aziz as for what follows the greatest terror and the severing of all matters are before you and you have not severed any of them so prepare yourself and flee from its evil and peace be upon you. it was narrated that some of the ascetics entered upon some of the caliphs and he said to him advise me. so he said to him o commander of the faithful you were… i traveled to china and stayed there for a while and its king was injured.
فدق العباس الباب وقال أجب أمير المؤمنين قال وما يعمل عندي أمير المؤمنين فقال أجب إمامك ففتح الباب وأطفأ سراجه وجلس في وسط البيت في الظلمة فجعل هارون يطوف حتى وقعت عليه يده فقال آه من يد ما ألينها إن نجت من عذاب الله يوم القيامة فجلس وقال يا أمير المؤمنين استعد لجواب الله تعالى يوم القيامة فإنك تحتاج أن تتقدم مع كل مسلم ومسلمة ومؤمن ومؤمنة فجعل هارون يبكي فقال العباس اسكت فقد قتلت أمير المؤمنين فقال يا هامان تقتله أنت وأصحابك وتقول لي أنت قتلته فقال هارون ما سماك هامان إلا وجعلني فرعون فقال له هارون هذا مهر والدتي ألف دينار تقبلها مني فقال يا أمير المؤمنين لا جزاك الله إلا جزاءك أقول لك ردها على من أخذتها منه وتقول لى خذها أنت فقام وخرج وقد حكى عن محمد بن كعب القرظى أنه قال عمر بن عبد العزيز صف لى العدل فقال يا أمير المؤمنين كن لصغير المسلمين أبا وللكبير منهم ابنا وللمثل أخا وعاقب كل واحد منهم بقدر ذنبه على قدر جسمه وإياك أن تضرب بغضبك سوطا واحدا فتدخل النار وقد حكى عن الحسن أنه كتب إلى عمر بن عبد العزيز أما بعد فإن الهول الأعظم ومقطعات الأمور كلهن أمامك لم تقطع منهن شيئا فلذلك فاعدد ومن شرها فاهرب والسلام عليك وقد حكى أن بعض الزهاد دخل على بعض الخلفاء فقال له عظني فقال له يا أمير المؤمنين كنت أسافر الصين فقدمتها مدة وقد أصيب ملكها