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al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5312

✧ The Virtue of Those Who Killed the Haruriyyah

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قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ: أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ، ثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ سِيَاهٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ، قَالَ:

أَتَيْتُ أَبَا وَائِلٍ وَهُوَ فِي مَسْجِدِ حَيِّهِ، فَاعْتَزَلْنَا فِي نَاحِيَةِ الْمَسْجِدِ، فَقُلْتُ: أَلَا تُخْبِرُنِي عَنْ هَؤُلَاءِ الْقَوْمِ الَّذِينَ قَتَلَهُمْ عَلِيٌّ ؓ، فِيمَ فَارَقُوهُ، وَفِيمَ اسْتَجَابُوا لَهُ حِينَ دَعَاهُمْ، وَحِينَ فَارَقُوهُ، فَاسْتَحَلَّ قِتَالَهُمْ ؟ قَالَ: لَمَّا كُنَّا بِصِفِّينَ اسْتَحَرَّ الْقَتْلُ فِي أَهْلِ الشَّامِ....... فَذَكَرَ قِصَّةً. قَالَ: فَرَجَعَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ إِلَى الْكُوفَةِ، وَقَالَ فِيهِ الْخَوَارِجُ بِمَا قَالُوا، وَنَزَلُوا حَرُورَاءَ وَهُمْ بِضْعَةَ عَشَرَ أَلْفًا، فَأَرْسَلَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ إِلَيْهِمْ، يُنَاشِدُهُمُ اللهَ تَعَالَى: ارْجِعُوا إِلَى خَلِيفَتِكُمْ، فِيمَ نَقَمْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ ؟ أَفِي قِسْمَةٍ أَوْ قَضَاءٍ ؟ قَالُوا: نَخَافُ أَنْ نَدْخُلَ فِي فِتْنَةٍ، قَالَ: فَلَا تَعْجَلُوا ضَلَالَةَ الْعَامِ مَخَافَةَ فِتْنَةِ عَامٍ قَابِلٍ، فَرَجَعُوا، فَقَالُوا: يَكُونُ عَلَى نَاحِيَتِنَا، فَإِنْ قَبِلَ الْقَضِيَّةَ قَاتَلْنَاهُ عَلَى مَا قَاتَلْنَا عَلَيْهِ أَهْلَ الشَّامِ بِصِفِّينَ، وَإِنْ نَقَضَهَا قَاتَلْنَا مَعَهُ، فَسَارُوا حَتَّى قَطَعُوا نَهَرَوَانَ، وَافْتَرَقَ مِنْهُمْ فِرْقَةٌ يَقْتُلُونَ النَّاسَ، فَقَالَ أَصْحَابُهُمْ: مَا عَلَى هَذَا فَارَقْنَا عَلِيًّا، فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ عَلِيًّا ؓ صَنِيعُهُمْ قَامَ، فَقَالَ: أَتَسِيرُونَ إِلَى عَدُوِّكُمْ أَوْ تَرْجِعُونَ إِلَى هَؤُلَاءِ الَّذِينَ خَلَّفُوكُمْ فِي دِيَارِكُمْ ؟ قَالُوا: بَلْ نَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهِمْ، قَالَ: فَحَدَّثَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، قَالَ: إِنَّ طَائِفَةً تَخْرُجُ مِنْ قِبَلِ الْمَشْرِقِ عِنْدَ اخْتِلَافٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ، لَا يَرَوْنَ جِهَادَكُمْ مَعَ جِهَادِهِمْ شَيْئًا، وَلَا صَلَاتَكُمْ مَعَ صَلَاتِهِمْ شَيْئًا، وَلَا صِيَامَكُمْ مَعَ صِيَامِهِمْ شَيْئًا، يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ، عَلَامَتُهُمْ رَجُلٌ عَضُدُهُ كَثَدْيِ الْمَرْأَةِ، يَقْتُلُهُمْ أَقْرَبُ الطَّائِفَتَيْنِ مِنَ الْحَقِّ ". فَسَارَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ إِلَيْهِمْ، فَاقْتَتَلُوهُ قِتَالًا شَدِيدًا، فَجَعَلَتْ خَيْلُ عَلِيٍّ ؓ تَقُومُ لَهُمْ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، إِنْ كُنْتُمْ إِنَّمَا تُقَاتِلُونَهُمْ فِيَّ، فَوَاللهِ مَا عِنْدِي مَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِهِ، وَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ إِنَّمَا تُقَاتِلُونَ لِلهِ تَعَالَى، فَلَا يَكُونَنَّ هَذَا قِتَالُكُمْ، فَأَقْبَلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ، فَقَتَلُوهُمْ كُلَّهُمْ، فَقَالَ: ابْتَغُوهُ، فَطَلَبُوهُ فَلَمْ يُوجَدْ، فَرَكِبَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ دَابَّتَهُ، وَانْتَهَى إِلَى وَهْدَةٍ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ، فَإِذَا قَتْلَى، بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ، فَاسْتُخْرِجَ مِنْ تَحْتِهِمْ، فَجَرَّ بِرِجْلِهِ يَرَاهُ النَّاسُ، قَالَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ: لَا أَغْزُو الْعَامَ، فَرَجَعَ إِلَى الْكُوفَةِ، فَقُتِلَ. وَاسْتَخْلَفَ النَّاسُ الْحَسَنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ ؓ، فَبَعَثَ الْحَسَنُ بِالْبَيْعَةِ إِلَى مُعَاوِيَةَ ؓ، وَكَتَبَ بِذَلِكَ الْحَسَنُ إِلَى قَيْسِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ ؓ، فَقَامَ قَيْسُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ فِي أَصْحَابِهِ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، أَتَاكُمْ أَمْرَانِ، لَا بُدَّ لَكُمْ مِنْ أَحَدِهِمَا: دُخُولٌ فِي فِتْنَةٍ، أَوْ قَتْلٌ مَعَ غَيْرِ إِمَامٍ، فَقَالَ النَّاسُ: مَا هَذَا ؟ فَقَالَ: الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَدْ أَعْطَى الْبَيْعَةَ مُعَاوِيَةَ، فَرَجَعَ النَّاسُ، فَبَايَعُوا مُعَاوِيَةَ ؓ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لِمُعَاوِيَةَ هَمٌّ إِلَّا الَّذِينَ بِالنَّهْرَوَانِ، فَجَعَلُوا يَتَسَاقَطُونَ عَلَيْهِ فَيُبَايِعُونَهُ، حَتَّى بَقِيَ مِنْهُمْ ثَلَاثُمِائَةٍ وَنَيِّفٌ، وَهُمْ أَصْحَابُ النَّخِيلَةِ

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Chain of narrators
  1. Isḥāq
  2. Yaḥyá b. Ādam
  3. Yazīd b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Siyāh
  4. his father
  5. Ḥabīb b. Abū Thābit

✧ I came to Abu Wa'il while he was in the mosque of his tribe. We withdrew to a corner of the mosque. I said: Will you not tell me about these people whom Ali ؓ killed—why did they separate from him, and why did they respond to him when he called them, and when they separated from him, he deemed it lawful to fight them? He said: When we were at Siffin, the killing became intense among the people of Sham...... Then he mentioned a story. He said: Ali ؓ returned to Kufa, and the Khawarij said about him what they said, and they camped at Harura', and they were some ten thousand. Ali ؓ sent to them, adjuring them by God Almighty: Return to your caliph. What do you hold against him? Is it in division or judgment? They said: We fear entering into a trial. He said: Do not hasten to the error of this year for fear of the trial of next year. So they returned and said: Let him be over our region. If he accepts the arbitration, we will fight him as we fought the people of Sham at Siffin, and if he breaks it, we will fight with him. So they marched until they crossed Nahrawan. A group of them split off and began killing people. Their companions said: It was not for this that we separated from Ali. When their action reached Ali ؓ, he stood and said: Will you march against your enemy or return to those who have stayed behind in your homes? They said: Rather, we return to them. He said: Ali ؓ narrated that the Messenger of God ﷺ said: A group will come out from the direction of the east at a time of discord among the people. They will not consider your jihad with their jihad as anything, nor your prayer with their prayer as anything, nor your fasting with their fasting as anything. They will go out of the religion as an arrow goes out of the game. Their sign is a man whose upper arm is like a woman's breast. The closest of the two parties to the truth will kill them. Ali ؓ marched against them and fought them a severe fight. Ali's cavalry began to stand up to them, so he said: O people, if you are fighting them only for my sake, then by God, I have nothing to tell you. But if you are fighting for God Almighty, then let not this be your fighting. So they advanced upon them and killed them all. Then he said: Search for him. They searched but did not find him. Ali ؓ mounted his beast and came to a hollow in the ground, and there were dead bodies piled upon each other. He was extracted from beneath them, and he dragged him by his leg while the people watched. Ali ؓ said: I will not raid this year. He returned to Kufa and was killed. The people appointed al-Hasan b. Ali ؓ as caliph. Al-Hasan sent the pledge of allegiance to Muawiyah ؓ, and al-Hasan wrote about that to Qays b. Sa'd ؓ. Qays b. Sa'd stood among his companions and said: O people, two matters have come to you, and you must choose one of them: entering into a trial, or fighting without an imam. The people said: What is this? He said: Al-Hasan b. Ali has given the pledge of allegiance to Muawiyah. So the people returned and pledged allegiance to Muawiyah ؓ. Muawiyah had no concern except for those at al-Nahrawan. They began to come to him and pledge allegiance, until there remained of them three hundred and some, and they were the companions of al-Nukhaylah.

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