this is what qais bin saad bin ubadah alansari did to muawiyah bin abi sufyan when he called him to leave ali bin abi talib and enter into his obedience. qais bin saad wrote to him o wathn bin wathn! you write to me calling me to leave ali bin abi talib and enter into your obedience and you frighten me with the dispersion of his companions from him and the peoples turning to you and their aversion to you! by god besides whom there is no god! if he had no one left but me and no one left but him i would never make peace with you while you are his war nor enter into your obedience while you are his enemy nor choose the enemy of god over his friend nor the party of satan over the party of god. and peace! in the biography of alexander dhulqarnayn when he headed towards persia a group of their bracelets met him with the head of their king and those who joined them and he said he who betrays his king will be more treacherous to others! it is narrated about shiruyeh that a man from the subjects stood up to him one day as he was returning from the battlefield and said praise be to god who killed abruiz at your hands and gave you what i was more deserving of than him and relieved the sassanids of his tyranny arrogance miserliness and misery. for he was one of those who took revenge on the grain.
وهكذا فعل قيس بن سعد بن عبادة الأنصاري بمعاوية بن أبى سفيان، حين دعاه إلى مفارقة علي بن أبى طالب، والدخول في طاعته. فكتب إليه قيس بن سعد يا وثن بن وثن! تكتب إلي تدعوني إلى مفارقة علي بن أبي طالب، والدخول في طاعتك، وتخوفني بتفرق أصحابه عنه، وإقبال الناس عليك وإجفالهم إليك! فوالله الذي لا إله غيره! لو لم يبق له غيري، ولم يبق لي غيره، وما سالمتك أبدا، وأنت حربه، ولا دخلت في طاعتك وأنت عدوه، ولا اخترت عدو الله على وليه، ولا حزب الشيطان على حزب الله. والسلام! وفي سيرة الاسكندر ذي القرنين أنه لما قصد نحو فارس، تلقاه جماعة من أساورتهم برأس ملكهم، ومن انضم عليهم، وقال من غدر بملكه، كان بغيره أغدر! وفيما يحكى عن شيرويه أن رجلا من الرعية وقف له يوما، وقد رجع من الميدان، فقال الحمد لله الذي قتل أبرويز على يدك، وملكك ما كنت أحق به منه، وأراح آل ساسان من جبريته وعتوه وبخله ونكده. فإنه كان ممن يأخذ بالحبة،