Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 40208 — Those who disliked going out during

It is narrated from Abdullah bin Subay' that he said: Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) addressed us and said: "This part will be stained with blood up to here," meaning the part from the beard to the head. The people said: "Tell us about this person and we will kill him." Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "By Allah, then you would kill for my sake a man who is not my killer." Then the people said: "Appoint a successor over us." Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "No; rather I will leave you in the same state in which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) left you (that is, without appointing a successor)." The people said: "What will you say to your Lord when you meet Him?" He said: "I will say: O Allah, I was among them, then You took me to Yourself, and You are among them. If You wish, You will set them right, and if You wish, You will let their condition be corrupted."