hearing it he cried bitterly and said i do not cry over a calamity that has befallen me but i cry over an oppressed person at the door crying out but no permission is given to him and i do not hear his voice. but if my hearing is lost my sight has not gone. call out to the people no one should wear a red garment except one who has been wronged. then he would ride an elephant during the day until he saw the redness at the door of the oppressed. so this o commander of the faithful is a partner in god almighty whose compassion and mercy for the polytheists has overcome him and you are a believer in god almighty from the family of his prophet may god bless him and grant him peace. and he said how can your compassion for the believers not prevail? he also narrated that sulayman ibn abd almalik came to medina while he was intending to go to mecca so he stayed there for a few days and was directed to abu hazim so he called him. when he entered upon him sulayman said to him o abu haim why do we hate death and love life? {he said} because you have ruined your afterlife and built up the world so you hated to move from building up to ruin. so he said o abu hazim how will we come to allah the most high tomorrow? so he said o commander of the faithful as for the doer of good he is like the absent one who comes to his family. as for the wrongdoer he is like a runaway who comes to his master. so solomon wept and said i wish i knew what will be my status with allah tomorrow. abu hazim said show your deeds to the book of allah the most high where he says indeed the righteous will be in bliss and indeed the wicked will be in hellfire. solomon said then where is the mercy of allah? he said near to the doers of good. then solomon said o abu hazim which of allahs servants is the most honorable? he said the people of chivalry and piety. he said which deeds are best? he said performing the obligatory duties while avoiding the forbidden. he said so which supplication is most acceptable? he said the supplication of the one who does good to him for the doers of good. he said so which charity is best?
بسمعه فبكى بكاء شديدا وقال أما إني لست ابكي على البلية النازلة ولكني أبكي لمظلوم على الباب يصرخ فلا يؤذن له ولا أسمع صوته ولكني إن ذهب سمعي فإن بصري لم يذهب نادوا في الناس لا يلبس أحد ثوبا أحمر إلا متظلم ثم كان يركب الفيل في نهاره حتى يرى حمرة بباب المظلومين فهذا يا أمير المؤمنين مشترك بالله تعالى غلبت عليه رأفته ورحمته على المشركين وأنت مؤمن بالله تعالى من أهل بيت نبيه صلى الله عليه وسلم كيف لا تغلب رأفتك بالمؤمنين وحكى أيضا أن سليمان بن عبد الملك قدم المدينة وهو يريد مكة فأقام بها أياما فأرشد الى أبي حازم فدعاه فلما دخل عليه قال له سليمان يا أبا حام ما لنا نكره الموت ونحب الحياة {فقال} لأنكم خربتم آخرتكم وعمرتم الدنيا فكرهتم أن تنقلوا من العمران الى الخراب فقال يا أبا حازم كيف القدوم على الله تعالى غدا فقال يا أمير المؤمنين أما المحسن فكالغائب يقدم على أهله واما المسيء فكالآبق يقدم على مولاه فبكى سليمان وقال ليت شعري ما لي عند الله غدا قال أبو حازم اعرض عملك على كتاب الله تعالى حيث يقول إن الأبرار لفي نعيم وإن الفجار لفي جحيم قال سليمان فأين رحمة الله قال {قريب من المحسنين} ثم قال سليمان يا أبا حازم أي عباد الله أكرم قال أهل المروءة والتقى قال أي الأعمال أفضل قال أداء الفرائض مع اجتناب المحارم قال فأي الدعاء اسمع قال دعاء المحسن اليه للمحسنين قال فأي الصدقة أزكى