حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الرَّازِيُّ قَالَ : نَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مُوسَى الْأَنْصَارِيُّ قَالَ : نَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ خُثَيْمٍ قَالَ : نَا ابْنُ شُبْرُمَةَ قَالَ : نَا أَبُو الْخَلِيلِ ، عَنْ أَبِي الصَّايِفَةِ ، عَنْ جُنْدُبٍ قَالَ : لَمَّا فَارَقَتِ الْخَوَارِجُ عَلِيًّا ، خَرَجَ فِي طَلَبِهِمْ ، وَخَرَجْنَا مَعَهُ ، فَانْتَهَيْنَا إِلَى عَسْكَرِ الْقَوْمِ ، فَإِذَا لَهُمْ دَوِيٌّ كَدَوِيِّ النَّحْلِ مِنْ قِرَاءَةِ الْقُرْآنِ ، وَفِيهِمْ أَصْحَابُ الثَّفِنَاتِ ، وَأَصْحَابُ الْبَرَانِسِ ، فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُهُمْ دَخَلَنِي مِنْ ذَلِكَ شَكٌّ ، فَتَنَحَّيْتُ فَرَكَزْتُ رُمْحِي ، وَنَزَلْتُ عَنْ فَرَسِي ، وَوَضَعْتُ تُرْسِي ، فَنَثَرْتُ عَلَيْهِ دِرْعِي ، وَأَخَذْتُ بِمِقْوَدِ فَرَسِي ، فَقُمْتُ أُصَلِّي إِلَى رُمْحِي ، وَأَنَا أَقُولُ فِي صَلَاتِي : اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَ قِتَالُ هَؤُلَاءِ الْقَوْمِ لَكَ طَاعَةً فَائْذَنْ فِيهِ ، وَإِنْ كَانَ مَعْصِيَةً فَأَرِنِي بَرَاءَتَكَ قَالَ : فَأَنَا كَذَلِكَ ، إِذْ أَقْبَلَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَى بَغْلَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَلَمَّا حَاذَانِي قَالَ : تَعَوَّذْ بِاللهِ يَا جُنْدُبُ مِنَ الشَّكِّ ، فَجِئْتُ أَسْعَى إِلَيْهِ ، وَنَزَلَ فَقَامَ يُصَلِّي ، إِذْ أَقْبَلَ رَجُلٌ عَلَى بِرْذَوْنٍ يَقْرَبُ بِهِ ، فَقَالَ : يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَالَ : I " مَا تَشَاءُ ؟ I " قَالَ : أَلَكَ حَاجَةٌ فِي الْقَوْمِ ؟ قَالَ : I " وَمَا ذَاكَ ؟ I " قَالَ : قَدْ قَطَعُوا النَّهَرَ ، فَذَهَبُوا ، قَالَ : I " مَا قَطَعُوهُ ؟ I " قُلْتُ : سُبْحَانَ اللهِ ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ آخَرُ أَرْفَعُ مِنْهُ فِي الْجَرْيِ ، فَقَالَ : يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَالَ : I " مَا تَشَاءُ ؟ I " قَالَ : أَلَكَ حَاجَةٌ فِي الْقَوْمِ ؟ قَالَ : I " وَمَا ذَاكَ ؟ I " قَالَ : قَدْ قَطَعُوا النَّهَرَ ، فَذَهَبُوا ، قُلْتُ : اللهُ أَكْبَرُ ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ : I " مَا قَطَعُوهُ I " ثُمَّ جَاءَ آخَرُ يَسْتَحْضِرُ بِفَرَسِهِ ، فَقَالَ : يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ، قَالَ : I " مَا تَشَاءُ ؟ I " قَالَ : I " أَلَكَ حَاجَةٌ فِي الْقَوْمِ ؟ I " قَالَ : I " وَمَا ذَاكَ ؟ I " قَالَ : قَدْ قَطَعُوا النَّهَرَ ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ : I " مَا قَطَعُوهُ ، وَلَا يَقْطَعُوهُ ، وَلَيُقْتَلُنَّ دُونَهُ ، عَهْدٌ مِنَ اللهِ وَرَسُولِهِ I " .
قُلْتُ : اللهُ أَكْبَرُ ، ثُمَّ قُمْتُ ، فَأَمْسَكْتُ لَهُ بِالرِّكَابِ ، فَرَكِبَ فَرَسَهُ ، ثُمَّ رَجَعْتُ إِلَى دِرْعِي ، فَلَبِسْتُهَا وَإِلَى فَرَسِي ، فَعَلَوْتُهُ ، ثُمَّ وَضَعْتُ رِجْلِي فِي الرِّكَابِ ، وَخَرَجْتُ أُسَايِرُهُ ، فَقَالَ لِي : I " يَا جُنْدُبُ I " قُلْتُ : لَبَّيْكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَالَ : I " أَمَّا أَنَا فَأَبْعَثُ إِلَيْهِمْ رَجُلًا يَقْرَأُ الْمُصْحَفَ ، يَدْعُو إِلَى كِتَابِ رَبِّهِمْ ، وَسُنَّةِ نَبِيِّهِمْ ، فَلَا يُقْبِلُ عَلَيْنَا بِوَجْهِهِ حَتَّى يَرْشُقُوهُ بِالنَّبْلِ ، يَا جُنْدُبُ ، أَمَا إِنَّهُ لَا يُقْتَلُ مِنَّا عَشَرَةٌ ، وَلَا يَنْجُو مِنْهُمْ عَشَرَةٌ I " .
فَانْتَهَيْنَا إِلَى الْقَوْمِ ، وَهُمْ فِي مُعَسْكَرِهِمُ الَّذِي كَانُوا فِيهِ لَمْ يَبْرَحُوا ، فَنَادَى عَلِيٌّ فِي أَصْحَابِهِ فَصَفَّهُمْ ، ثُمَّ أَتَى الصَّفَّ مِنْ رَأْسِهِ ذَا إِلَى رَأْسِهِ ذَا مَرَّتَيْنِ ، وَهُوَ يَقُولُ : I " مَنْ يَأْخُذُ هَذَا الْمُصْحَفَ ، فَيَمْشِي بِهِ إِلَى هَؤُلَاءِ ، فَيَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى كِتَابِ رَبِّهِمْ ، وَسُنَّةِ نَبِيِّهِمْ ، وَهُوَ مَقْتُولٌ ، وَلَهُ الْجَنَّةُ ؟ I " فَلَمْ يُجِبْهُ إِلَّا شَابٌّ مِنْ بَنِي عَامِرِ بْنِ صَعْصَعَةَ ، فَلَمَّا رَأَى عَلِيٌّ حَدَاثَةَ سِنِّهِ ، قَالَ لَهُ : I " ارْجِعْ إِلَى مَوْقِفِكَ I " ، ثُمَّ نَادَى الثَّانِيَةَ ، فَلَمْ يَخْرُجْ إِلَيْهِ إِلَّا ذَلِكَ الشَّابُّ ثُمَّ نَادَى الثَّالِثَةَ ، فَلَمْ يَخْرُجْ إِلَيْهِ إِلَّا ذَلِكَ الشَّابُّ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ : I " خُذْ ، فَأَخَذَ الْمُصْحَفَ I " ، فَقَالَ : I " أَمَا إِنَّكَ مَقْتُولٌ ، وَلَسْتَ تُقْبِلُ عَلَيْنَا بِوَجْهِكَ حَتَّى يَرْشُقُوكَ بِالنَّبْلِ I " ، فَخَرَجَ الشَّابُّ يَمْشِي بِالْمُصْحَفِ إِلَى الْقَوْمِ ، فَلَمَّا دَنَا مِنْهُمْ حَيْثُ سَمِعُوا ، قَامُوا ، وَنَشَبُوا الْقِتَالَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ ، قَالَ : فَرَمَاهُ إِنْسَانٌ بِالنَّبْلِ ، فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا بِوَجْهِهِ ، فَقَعَدَ ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ : I " دُونَكُمُ الْقَوْمَ I " .
قَالَ جُنْدُبٌ : I " فَقَتَلْتُ بِكَفِّي هَذِهِ بَعْدَ مَا دَخَلَنِي مَا كَانَ دَخَلَنِي ثَمَانِيَةً ، قَبْلَ أَنْ أُصَلِّيَ الظُّهْرَ ، وَمَا قُتِلَ مِنَّا عَشَرَةٌ وَلَا نَجَا مِنْهُمْ عَشَرَةٌ كَمَا قَالَ I " .
لَمْ يَرْوِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنِ ابْنِ شُبْرُمَةَ إِلَّا سَعِيدُ بْنُ خُثَيْمٍ ، تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ : إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مُوسَى الْأَنْصَارِيُّ .
Sayyiduna Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: When the Khawarij separated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), he set out in pursuit of them and we set out with him, until we reached the camp of those people. There was a humming like the humming of bees from their recitation of the Qur'an, and among them were people with calluses from prostration and people wearing hooded cloaks. When I saw them, doubt entered my heart, so I moved aside, planted my spear in the ground, got down from my horse, put down my shield, spread my coat of mail over it, held the reins of my horse, and stood up to pray facing my spear. In my prayer I was saying: 'Allahumma in kana qitalu ha'ula'i al-qawmi laka ta'atan fa'dhan fihi, wa in kana ma'siyatan fa-arini bara'ataka' (O Allah, if fighting these people is obedience to You, then permit me in it, and if it is disobedience, then show me Your disavowal of it). While I was in this state, Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) arrived riding the mule of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and when he came level with me he said: "O Jundub, seek refuge with Allah from doubt." I came running to him, and he dismounted and stood up to pray. Just then a man came on a Turkish horse, galloping it, and said: "O Commander of the Believers!" He said: "What do you want?" He said: "Do you have any business with those people?" He said: "What is it?" He said: "They have crossed the river and gone." He said: "They have not crossed it." I said: "Subhan Allah (Glory be to Allah)!" Then another man came, riding even faster than the first, and said: "O Commander of the Believers!" He said: "What do you want?" He said: "Do you have any business with those people?" He said: "What is it?" He said: "They have crossed the river and gone." I said: "Allahu Akbar (Allah is the Greatest)!" Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "They have not crossed it." Then another man came, driving his horse at full gallop, and said: "O Commander of the Believers!" He said: "What do you want?" He said: "Do you have any business with those people?" He said: "What is it?" He said: "They have crossed the river." Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "They have not crossed it and they will never cross it; they will be killed on this side of it. This is a covenant from Allah and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)."
I said: "Allahu Akbar (Allah is the Greatest)!" Then I stood up and held the stirrup for him, and he mounted his horse. Then I went back to my coat of mail and put it on, then mounted my horse, put my foot in the stirrup and rode alongside him. He said to me: "O Jundub!" I said: "At your service, O Commander of the Believers!" He said: "I will send to them a man reciting from the Mushaf, calling them to the Book of their Lord and the Sunnah of their Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), but he will not even manage to turn his face back towards us before they riddle him with arrows. O Jundub, listen: not even ten of us will be killed, and not even ten of them will escape."
Then we reached those people, and they were in the same camp where they had stopped; they had not moved from their place. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) called out to his companions and arranged them in a row, then went along the row from this end to that end twice, saying: "Who will take this Mushaf and walk with it to these people and call them to the Book of their Lord and the Sunnah of their Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), knowing that he will be killed and that Paradise is his?" No one answered him except a young man from Banu Amir bin Sa'sa'ah. When Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) saw how young he was, he said to him: "Go back to your place." Then he called out a second time, and no one came forward except that young man; then he called out a third time, and still no one came forward except that young man. Then Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: "Take it." He took the Mushaf. He said: "Listen: you will be killed, and you will not be able to turn your face back towards us before they riddle you with arrows." So the young man set off walking with the Mushaf towards those people, and when he came close enough to them that they could hear him, they rose up and started the fighting before he could return. A man shot him with an arrow, so he turned his face towards us and sat down. At that Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Now fall upon those people."
Sayyiduna Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "After the doubt that had come over me, I killed eight men with this very hand of mine before I prayed Zuhr, and not even ten of us were killed and not even ten of them escaped, just as he had said."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Ibn Shubrumah (may Allah have mercy on him) except Sa'id bin Khuthaym (may Allah have mercy on him), and Ishaq bin Musa al-Ansari (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it."