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Hadith 12378

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَثِيرٍ مَوْلَى الْأَنْصَارِ قَالَ كُنْتُ مَعَ سَيِّدِي عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ حَيْثُ قُتِلَ أَهْلُ النَّهْرَوَانِ فَكَأَنَّ النَّاسَ وَجَدُوا فِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ مِنْ قَتْلِهِمْ فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ حَدَّثَنَا بِأَقْوَامٍ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ ثُمَّ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ فِيهِ أَبَدًا حَتَّى يَرْجِعَ السَّهْمُ عَلَى فُوقِهِ وَإِنَّ آيَةَ ذَلِكَ أَنَّ فِيهِمْ رَجُلًا أَسْوَدَ مُخْدَجَ الْيَدِ إِحْدَى يَدَيْهِ كَثَدْيِ الْمَرْأَةِ لَهَا حَلَمَةٌ كَحَلَمَةِ ثَدْيِ الْمَرْأَةِ حَوْلَهُ سَبْعُ هُلْبَاتٍ فَالْتَمِسُوهُ فَإِنِّي أَرَاهُ فِيهِمْ فَالْتَمَسُوهُ فَوَجَدُوهُ إِلَى شَفِيرِ النَّهْرِ تَحْتَ الْقَتْلَى فَأَخْرَجُوهُ فَكَبَّرَ عَلِيٌّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ صَدَقَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ وَإِنَّهُ لَمُتَقَلِّدٌ قَوْسًا لَهُ عَرَبِيَّةً فَأَخَذَهَا بِيَدِهِ فَجَعَلَ يَطْعَنُ بِهَا فِي مُخْدَجَتِهِ وَيَقُولُ صَدَقَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ وَكَبَّرَ النَّاسُ حِينَ رَأَوْهُ وَاسْتَبْشَرُوا وَذَهَبَ عَنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يَجِدُونَ
It is narrated from Abu Kathir, the slave of the Ansar, who says: I was with my master, Sayyiduna Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him), when he killed the people of Nahrawan. It seemed that after killing them, the people felt regret and sorrow. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), perceiving this situation, said: O people! The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us about such people who would leave the religion just as an arrow passes through its prey; they will never return to the religion until the arrow returns to the bow. One of their signs is that among them there will be a man who is black-skinned and has a defective hand; that hand will be like a woman’s breast, and on it there will be a nipple-like protrusion as is on a breast, and around it there will be seven hairs. You should search for him; I think he is among them. The people searched for him and found him under a pile of the slain by the riverbank. When they brought him out, Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) loudly proclaimed “Allahu Akbar” and said: The word of Allah and His Messenger is true. At that time, Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was carrying his Arab bow; he would place it on the flesh of the slain man’s defective hand and kept saying: The word of Allah and His Messenger is true. When the people saw this, they also began to say “Allahu Akbar” and expressed happiness, and their state of sorrow disappeared.
Hadith Reference الفتح الربانی / كتاب الخلافة والإمارة / 12378
Hadith Grading محدثین: صحیح
Hadith Takhrij «حسن لغيره، اخرجه ابويعلي: 478 ، (انظر مسند أحمد ترقيم الرسالة: 672 ترقیم بيت الأفكار الدولية: 672»