Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 4-939b
"عَنْ أَبِى وَائِلٍ قَالَ: لَمَّا كنَّا بِصِفِّينَ اسْتَحَرَّ الْقَتْلُ فِى أَهْلِ الشَّامِ. فَرَجَعَ عَلِىٌّ إِلَى الْكُوفَةِ، وَقَالَ فِيهِ الْخَوَارجُ مَا قَالُوا وَنَزَلوا بَحَرُوراءَ وهُمْ بِضْعَةَ عَشَرَ أَلْفًا، فَأَرْسَلَ عَلِىٌّ إِلَيْهِمْ يُنَاشِدُهُمُ الله: ارْجِعُوا إِلَى خَلِيفَتِكُمْ فِيم نَقَمْتُمْ عَلَيْه؟ أَفِى قِسْمَة أَوْ قَضَاءٍ؟ قَالُوا: نَخَافُ أَنْ نَدْخُلَ فِى فَتْنَتِهِ، قَالَ: فَلاَ تَعْجَلُوا ضَلاَلَةَ الْعَامِ مَخَافَةَ فِتْنَةِ عَامٍ قَابِلٍ، فَرَجَعُوا، فَقَالُوا: نَكُونُ عَلَى نَاحِيَتِنَا فَإِنْ قَبِلَ الْقَضِيَّةَ قَاتَلنَاهُ عَلَى مَا قَاتَلنَا عَلَيْهِ أَهْلَ الشَّامِ بِصِفِّين، وَإنْ نَقَضَهَا قَاتَلنَا مَعَهُ، فَسَارُوا حَتَّى قَطَعُوا نهْرَوَانَ، وَافْتَرقَتْ مِنْهُمْ فِرْقَة يقْتُلُونَ النَّاسَ، فَقَالَ أَصْحَابُهُمْ: مَا عَلَى هَذَا فَارَقْنَا عليّا، فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ عَلِيّا صَنِيعُهُمْ قَامَ فَقَالَ: أَتَسِيرُونَ إِلَى عَدُوكُّمْ أَوْ تَرْجِعُونَ إِلَى هَؤُلاَء الَّذينَ خَلَفُوكُمْ فِى دِيَارِكُمْ؟ قَالُوا: بَلْ نَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهِمْ، قَالَ: فَحَدَّثَ عَلِىٌّ: أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: إِنَّ طَائِفةً تَخْرُجُ مِنْ قِبَلِ الْمَشْرِقِ عِنْدَ اخْتِلاَفِ النَّاسِ، لاَ يَرَوْنَ جِهَادَكُمْ مَعَ جِهَادِهِمْ شَيْئًا، وَلاَ صَلاَتَكُمْ مَعَ صَلاَتِهِمْ شَيْئًا وَلاَ صِيَامَكُمْ مَعَ صِيَامهِمْ شَيْئًا، يَمْرقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ كمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ، عَلاَمَتُهُمْ رَجُلٌ عَضُدُهُ كثَدْي الْمَرأَةِ، يَقْتُلُهُمْ أَقْرَبُ الطَّائِفَتَيْنِ مِنَ الْحَقِّ، فَسَارَ عَلىٌّ إِلَيْهِمْ فَاقْتَتَلُوا قِتالًا شَدِيدًا، فَجَعَلَتْ خَيْلُ عَلِىٍّ تَقُومُ لَهُمْ فَقَالَ: يَا أَيُّهَا! النَّاسُ! إِنْ كنْتُمْ تُقَاتِلونَهُمْ فِيَّ فَوَاللهِ مَا عِنْدي مَا أَجْزِيكُمْ بِهِ، وِإنْ كنتُمْ إِنَّمَا تُقَاتلُونَ للهِ فَلاَ يَكُونَنَّ هَذَا قِتَالَكُمْ، قَأقْبَلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَتَلُوهُمْ كُلَّهُمْ، فَقَالَ: ابْتَغُوهُ فَطَلَبُوهُ فَلَمْ يُوجَدْ، فَرَكِبَ عَلَى دَابَّتِهِ وَانْتَهَى إِلَى وَهْدَةٍ مِنَ الأَرْض، فَإِذَا قَتْلَى بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ فَاسْتُخْرِجَ مِنْ تَحْتِهِمْ فَجُرَّ بِرِجْلِهِ يَرَاهُ النَّاسُ، فَقَالَ عَلِىٌّ: لاَ أَغْزُو الْعَامَ؛ فرَجَعَ إِلَى الْكُوفَة فقُتِلَ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Abiá Wāʾil
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"Abu Wa'il narrated: When we were at Siffin, the killing intensified among the people of Syria. 'Ali returned to Kufah, and the Kharijites said what they said about him, and they camped at Harura', and they were about twelve thousand. 'Ali sent to them, adjuring them by Allah: 'Return to your caliph; for what did you resent him? Was it about a distribution or a judgement?' They said: 'We fear that we will enter into his trial.' He said: 'Do not hasten the misguidance of this year out of fear of the trial of the coming year.' So they returned, and said: 'We will remain in our own region; if he accepts the arbitration, we will fight him as we fought the people of Syria at Siffin, and if he breaks it, we will fight alongside him.' They journeyed until they crossed Nahrawan, and a group of them split off killing people. Their companions said: 'We did not part from 'Ali for this.' When 'Ali was informed of their deed, he stood and said: 'Will you march against your enemy, or will you return to those who remain behind you in your homes?' They said: 'Rather, we will return to them.' He said: ''Ali narrated: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'A group will come out from the direction of the East at a time of disagreement among the people. They do not regard your jihad with their jihad as anything, nor your prayer with their prayer as anything, nor your fasting with their fasting as anything. They pass through the religion as an arrow passes through its target. Their sign is a man whose upper arm is like a woman's breast. The nearer of the two groups to the truth will kill them.' 'Ali marched toward them and they fought a fierce battle. 'Ali's horsemen kept rising against them, and he said: 'O people! If you are fighting them for my sake, by Allah, I do not have what I can reward you with; and if you are only fighting for Allah, then let this not be your fighting.' So they turned upon them and killed them all. He said: 'Seek him out,' and they sought him but he was not found. He mounted his animal and came to a depression in the earth where there were slain bodies, some on top of others; he was extracted from beneath them and dragged by his leg so that the people could see him. 'Ali said: 'I will not campaign this year.' He returned to Kufah and was killed."
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Notes
ابن راهوية، [ش] ابن أبى شيبة [ع] أبو يعلى وصحح
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