Musnad Abi Ya'la 472 — he said: I was sitting with Sayyiduna Ali while

It is narrated from Kulayb (may Allah have mercy on him) that he said: I was sitting with Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) while he was attending to some affair of the people, when suddenly a man dressed in travelling clothes came to him and called out: "O Commander of the Believers!" Since Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was occupied with public affairs, the man said again: "I —" I (Kulayb) asked him: "What is your matter?" He said: "I had set out for Hajj or Umrah" (the narrator is unsure whether he said Hajj or Umrah), "then I passed by Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), and she asked: 'Who are these people who have set out from your side, who are called the Haruriyyah?' I said: 'They camped at a place called Harura', and from that they are called the Haruriyyah.' Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: 'Glad tidings for the one who was present at their destruction (that is, at the fighting against them).' Then she said: 'By Allah, if you were to ask Ibn Abi Talib (Sayyiduna Ali, may Allah be pleased with him), he would tell you the full account of them.' That is why I have come here to ask him about it." The narrator said: When Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) had finished his work, he asked: "Where is the man who was seeking permission?" The man stood before him and repeated what he had told me. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said 'Allahu akbar' (Allah is the Greatest) aloud three times, then said: "I was with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and there was no one with him except Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her). He (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: 'O Ali, how will you be when a people will come forth who will appear from such-and-such a place?' and he (peace and blessings be upon him) pointed with his blessed hand towards the east. 'They will recite the Qur'an, but it will not go beyond their throats or their collarbones. They will pass out of Islam just as an arrow passes through the game. Among them will be a man with a deficient hand, as though it were the breast of a black woman.'" Then Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said to the people present: "I ask you by Allah, besides whom there is no god: did I not tell you (before fighting them) that this man would be among them?" The people said: "Yes!" He said: "Then you went and searched for him, and you brought him dragging him along, and he was exactly as he had been described to you." The narrator said: Then Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said three times: "Allah and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) have spoken the truth."