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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
كتاب الخلافة والإمارةThe Book of Caliphate and Leadership
الْفَصْلُ الثَّالِثُ فِي زَحْفِ الْإِمَامِ عَلِيٌّ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ جَيْشَهُ إِلَى قِتَالِ الْخَوَارِجِ بِالنَّهْرَوَانِ بَعْدَ أَنْ تَبَيَّنَ لَهُ إِفْسَادُهُمْThe third section regarding Imam Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) marching his army to fight the Khawarij at Nahrawan after their corruption became clear to him
Hadith 12373
اُردوEn
عَنْ طَارِقِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ قَالَ سَارَ عَلِيٌّ إِلَى النَّهْرَوَانِ فَقَتَلَ الْخَوَارِجَ فَقَالَ اطْلُبُوا فَإِنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ ”سَيَجِيءُ قَوْمٌ يَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِكَلِمَةِ الْحَقِّ لَا يُجَاوِزُ حُلُوقَهُمْ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الْإِسْلَامِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ سِيمَاهُمْ أَوْ فِيهِمْ رَجُلٌ أَسْوَدُ مُخْدَجُ الْيَدِ فِي يَدِهِ شَعَرَاتٌ سُودٌ“ إِنْ كَانَ فِيهِمْ فَقَدْ قَتَلْتُمْ شَرَّ النَّاسِ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِيهِمْ فَقَدْ قَتَلْتُمْ خَيْرَ النَّاسِ قَالَ ثُمَّ إِنَّا وَجَدْنَا الْمُخْدَجَ قَالَ فَخَرَرْنَا سُجُودًا وَخَرَّ عَلِيٌّ سَاجِدًا مَعَنَا
It is narrated from Tariq bin Ziyad, he says: We set out in the company of Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) to confront the Khawarij. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) killed them and then said: Look, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had said that soon a people will emerge who will speak words of truth, but it will not go beyond their throats. They will exit from the truth just as an arrow passes through its prey. Their sign is that among them there will be a man who is dark-skinned and has a defective hand, and on his hand there will be black hair. Now see, if any of the slain is such a person, then you have killed the worst of people, and if none of the slain is such, then you have killed the best of people. Then we actually found a slain man with a defective hand like that, so we all fell in prostration before Allah Almighty, and Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) also fell in prostration with us.
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … Fighting was undertaken in the light of predominant assumption, but when the sign of the slain man with the maimed hand was seen, it became certain that these were indeed the people with whom fighting was truly warranted.
