Hazrat Ali's (ra) Eulogy for him

When Hazrat Talha (ra) was martyred and Hazrat Ali (ra) saw his body, he began to wipe away dust off Hazrat Talha’s face and said, “O Abu Muhammad! It pains me greatly to see you lying here in the dust, beneath the starlit sky.” He then said, “I entrust my anguish and shortcomings before God Almighty.” He then prayed for Hazrat Talha (ra) and said, “If only I had departed from this world twenty years earlier.” Hazrat Ali (ra) and those with him cried profusely. On one occasion, Hazrat Ali (ra) heard someone recite the following couplet Hazrat Talha (ra):

فَتًی کَانَ یُدْنِیْہِ الْغِنٰی مِنْ صَدِیْقِہِ

اِذَا مَا ھُوَ اسْتَغْنٰی وَ یُبْعِدُہُ الفَقْرُ

“He was a youth that would enjoy spending time with his friends when he was wealthy and affluent. But during straitened times, when he was in need, he would avoid their company.”

Upon hearing this couplet, Hazrat Ali (ra) said, “This couplet can only be regarding Abu Muhammad – Talha (ra) bin Ubaidullah. May Allah have mercy on him.”

(Usdul-Ghaba Fi Marifat al-Sahaba, Vol. 3, p. 87, Talha (ra) bin Ubaidillah, Kutub-ul-al-ilmiyyah, Beirut)