وروي أنه عليه السلام لما ورد الكوفة قادماً من صفين مرّ بالشّباميين فسمع بكاء النساء على قتلى صفين، وخرج إليه حرب بن شُرَحْبِيل الشّبامي، وكان من وجوه قومه. فقال عليه السلام :
When Amir al-mu'minin, peace be upon him, returned to Kufah from Siffin he passed by the residences of the Shibamites (who belonged to the tribe of Shibam) and heard the women weeping over those killed in Siffin. At that time a Shibamite, Harb ibn Shurahbil ash-Shibami, who was one of the nobles of those people, came to him, and Amir al-mu'minin, peace be upon him, said to him:
أَتَغْلِبُكُمْ نِسَاؤُكُمْ عَلَى مَا أسْمَعُ؟
Do your women have control over you as regards the weeping that I hear?
أَلاَ تَنْهَوْنَهُنَّ عَنْ هذَا الرَّنِينِ
Do you not refrain them from this crying?
و أقبل يمشي معه،
Harb began to walk with him
وهو عليه السلام راكب.
while Amir al-mu'minin was on horseback,
فقال عليه السلام له:
so Amir al-mu'minin, peace be upon him, said to him:
ارْجِعْ،
Get back
فَإِنَّ مَشْيَ مِثْلِكَ مَعَ مِثْلِي فِتْنَةٌ لِلْوَالِي،
because the walking of a man like you with one like me is mischief for the ruler
وَمَذَلَّةٌ لِلْمُؤْمِنِ.
and disgrace for the believer.
