Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 4-940b
"عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ عَبَّاد قَالَ: كفَّ عَلِىٌّ عَنْ قِتَالِ أهْلِ النَّهْرِ حَتَّى تَحَدَّثُوا.. فَانْطَلَقُوا، فَأَتَوْا عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ خَبَّابٍ وَهُوَ فِى قَرْيَةٍ لَهُ قَدْ تَنَحَى عَنِ الْفِتْنَةِ، فَأَخَذُوهُ فَقَتَلُوهُ، فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ عَلِيّا، فَأَمَرَ أَصْحَابَهُ بِالْمَسيِرِ إِلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ لأَصْحَابهِ: ابْسُطُوا عَلَيْهِمْ، فَوَالله لاَ يُقْتَلُ مِنْهُمْ عَشَرَةٌ وَلاَ يَفِرُ مِنْهُمْ عَشَرَةٌ، فَكَانَ كَذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ عَلِى: اطلُبُوا رَجُلًا صِفَتُهُ كَذَا وَكذَا، فَطَلَبُوهُ فَلَمْ يَجِدُوهُ، ثمَّ طَلَبُوهُ فَوَجدُوُه، فَقَالَ عَلِىٌّ: مَنْ يْعَرِفُ هَذَا؟ فَلَمْ يُعْرَفْ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: أَنَا رَأَيْتُ هَذَا بِالنَّجَفِ، فَقَالَ: إِنِّى أُرِيدُ هَذَا الْمِصْرَ وَلَيْسَ لِى فِيهِ ذُو نَسَب وَلاَ مَعْرِفَةٍ، فَقَالَ عَلِىٌّ: صَدَقْتَ، هُوَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الجِنِّ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Qays b. ʿAbbād
- Kf ʿAli
- Qitāl Hl al-Nahr Ḥattá Taḥaddathūā Fānṭalaqūā Faʾatawā ʿAbdullāh b. Khabbāb / Fiá Qaryah Lah Qad Tanaḥá
Machine translation, not reviewed
"Qays ibn 'Abbad narrated: 'Ali held back from fighting the people of the river until they talked... They set off and came to 'Abd Allah ibn Khabbab while he was in a village of his, having withdrawn from the fitnah; they seized him and killed him. This reached 'Ali, and he ordered his companions to march toward them, and said to his companions: 'Spread out over them; by Allah, not ten of them will be killed and not ten of them will flee.' And so it was. 'Ali said: 'Search for a man with such and such a description.' They searched but did not find him; then they searched again and found him. 'Ali said: 'Who recognizes this one?' He was not recognized. A man said: 'I saw this one at Najaf.' He said: 'I want this city, and I have no kin or acquaintance in it.' 'Ali said: 'You have spoken the truth; he is a man of the jinn.'"
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Notes
مسدد، ورواه خشيش في الاستقامة، [ق] البيهقى في السنن عن أبى مجلز، ورواه ابن النجار عن يزيد ابن رُوَيْمٍ
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