Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 40022 — Those who disliked going out during

It is narrated from Ali bin Zayd that Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) sent a message to Sayyiduna Muhammad bin Maslamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he should come to him. He sent it to him and said: "If he does not come to me, carry him here." Those sent by Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) came to Sayyiduna Muhammad bin Maslamah, and he refused to go to him. They said: "We have been ordered that if you do not go, we are to carry you to him." Sayyiduna Muhammad bin Maslamah said: "Go back to him and say to him: 'Your paternal cousin, my dear friend (peace and blessings be upon him), enjoined me that soon there will be trials, division and disagreement. When that happens, sit in your house and break your sword, until either a decisive death or an erring hand comes to you. O Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), fear Allah, and do not let that erring hand be yours.'" They (those sent by Sayyiduna Ali, may Allah be pleased with him) came to him and told Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), and he said: "Leave him."