mentioned that some Muslim Kufans followed him while some of them were from among the Prophet’s companions and righteous. Through this statement of his, he has contradicted the historical realities proving what we have mentioned. Fourthly, although al-Hutay’a praised al-Waleed and was sincere to him, he harbored malice against him and satirized him for his committing this abominable crime through which he has blackened the face of the Islamic and Arabic history!
Most surely al-Hutay’a is famous for satire and praising. He praised someone because he hoped for charity and good from him. If such a person had not given him what he wanted, he would have satirized and dispraised him. An example of that is that he went to the Banu Dhahl to seek their help and to ask them for giving. He has praised them, saying:
Most surely, the best people of al-Yamama are the villagers from among the Banu Dhahl.
If the people mention their own lineage, then their branch is mine and their origin is mine.
However, the people gave him nothing, so he satirized them, saying:
The wickedest people of al-Yamama are the villagers from among the Banu Dhahl.
When he was angry with the Banu Abs, he satirized them and said that he belonged to the Banu Dhahl. When he was angry with the Banu Dhahl, he satirized them and said that he belonged to the Banu Abs. He was angry with his mother, so he satirized her, saying:
Step aside and sit down far away from me.
May Allah save the people from you.
Are you a sieve when you are entrusted with a secret and a brazier toward people?
As far as I know your lifetime is evil, and your death may gladden the righteous.
One day he sought a person to satirize him. When he found no person, he composed, saying:
Today my two lips have refused except saying something evil. I do not know to whom I will say it!
He repeated this verse several times. However he saw nobody. When he reached a well, he looked at it and saw his face. So he said:
I see that I have a face that Allah has deformed; how ugly the face is, and how ugly its owner is![1]
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[1] Al-Aghani, vol. 1, Part One, pp. 76-84 (Daar al-Fikr).