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مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي
Musnad Abi Ya'la al-Mawsili
مسند علي بن أبي طالب رضي الله عنه
Musnad of Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him)
مُسْنَدُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ
Musnad of Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him)
Musnad Abi Ya'la 473 — I came to him (Abu Wa'il) and asked him
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ سِيَاهٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَبِيبُ بْنُ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، قَالَ: أَتَيْتُهُ فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ هَؤُلَاءِ الْقَوْمِ الَّذِينَ قَتْلَهُمْ عَلِيٌّ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: فِيمَ فَارَقُوهُ؟ وَفِيمَ اسْتَحَلُّوهُ؟ وَفِيمَ دَعَاهُمْ؟ وَفِيمَ فَارَقُوهُ؟ وَبِمَ اسْتَحَلَّ دِمَاءَهُمْ؟ قَالَ: إِنَّهُ لَمَّا اسْتَحَرَّ الْقَتْلُ فِي أَهْلِ الشَّامِ بِصِفِّينَ اعْتَصَمَ مُعَاوِيَةُ وَأَصْحَابُهُ بِحِيَلٍ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عَمْرُو بْنُ الْعَاصِ : أَرْسِلْ إِلَيَّ بِالْمُصْحَفِ، فَلَا وَاللَّهِ لَا نَرُدُّهُ عَلَيْكَ، قَالَ: فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ يَحْمِلُهُ فَنَادَى: بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمْ كِتَابُ اللَّهِ {أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا نَصِيبًا مِنَ الْكِتَابِ} [آل عمران: 23] الْآيَةَ، قَالَ عَلِيٌّ: نَعَمْ، بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمْ كِتَابُ اللَّهِ إِنَّا أَوْلَى بِهِ مِنْكُمْ، فَجَاءَتِ الْخَوَارِجُ، وَكُنَّا نُسَمِّيهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ الْقُرَّاءَ، وَجَاءُوا بِأَسْيَافِهِمْ عَلَى عَوَاتِقِهِمْ، وَقَالُوا: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، أَلَا تَمْشِي إِلَى هَؤُلَاءِ الْقَوْمِ حَتَّى يَحْكُمَ اللَّهُ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُمْ، فَقَامَ سَهْلُ بْنُ حُنَيْفٍ، فَقَالَ: أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّهِمُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ، لَقَدْ كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَوْمَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ، وَلَوْ نَرَى قِتَالًا قَاتَلْنَا، وَذَاكَ فِي الصُّلْحِ الَّذِي كَانَ بَيْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَبَيْنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ، فَجَاءَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَلَسْنَا عَلَى حَقٍّ وَهُمْ عَلَى بَاطِلٍ؟ قَالَ: «بَلَى»، قَالَ: أَلَيْسَ قَتْلَانَا فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَقَتْلَاهُمْ فِي النَّارِ؟ قَالَ: «بَلَى»، قَالَ: فَعَلَامَ نُعْطِي الدَّنِيَّةَ فِي دِينِنَا وَنَرْجِعُ وَلَمْ يَحْكُمِ اللَّهُ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُمْ؟ قَالَ: «يَا ابْنَ الْخَطَّابِ إِنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَلَنْ يُضَيِّعَنِي اللَّهُ أَبَدًا»، فَانْطَلَقَ عُمَرُ وَلَمْ يَصْبِرْ مُتَغَيِّظًا، حَتَّى أَتَى أَبَا بَكْرٍ فَقَالَ: يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ، أَلَسْنَا عَلَى حَقٍّ وَهُمْ عَلَى بَاطِلٍ؟ قَالَ: بَلَى، قَالَ: أَلَيْسَ قَتْلَانَا فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَقَتْلَاهُمْ فِي النَّارِ، قَالَ: بَلَى، قَالَ: فَعَلَامَ نُعْطِي الدَّنِيَّةَ فِي دِينِنَا وَنَرْجِعُ وَلَمْ يَحْكُمِ اللَّهُ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُمْ، قَالَ: يَا ابْنَ الْخَطَّابِ إِنَّهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَلَنْ يُضَيِّعَهُ اللَّهُ أَبَدًا، فَنَزَلَ الْقُرْآنُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ بِالْفَتْحِ، فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى عُمَرَ فَأَقْرَأَهُ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَوَ فَتْحٌ هُوَ؟، قَالَ: «نَعَمْ»، قَالَ: فَطَابَتْ نَفْسُهُ وَرَجَعَ وَرَجَعَ النَّاسُ، ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ خَرَجُوا بِحَرُورَاءَ، أُولَئِكَ الْعِصَابَةُ مِنَ الْخَوَارِجِ بِضْعَةَ عَشَرَ أَلْفًا، فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِمْ عَلِيٌّ يَنْشُدُهُمُ اللَّهَ، فَأَبَوْا عَلَيْهِ فَأَتَاهُمْ صَعْصَعَةُ بْنُ صُوحَانَ فَأَنْشَدَهُمْ، وَقَالَ: عَلَامَ تُقَاتِلُونَ خَلِيفَتَكُمْ؟، قَالُوا: مَخَافَةَ الْفِتْنَةِ، قَالَ: فَلَا تَعَجَّلُوا ضَلَالَةَ الْعَامِ مَخَافَةَ فِتْنَةِ عَامٍ قَابِلٍ فَرَجَعُوا، وَقَالُوا: نَسِيرُ عَلَى مَا جِئْنَا، فَإِنْ قَبِلَ عَلِيٌّ الْقَضِيَّةَ قَاتَلْنَا عَلَى مَا قَاتَلْنَا يَوْمَ صِفِّينَ، وَإِنْ نَقَضَهَا قَاتَلْنَا مَعَهُ، فَسَارُوا حَتَّى بَلَغُوا النَّهْرَوَانَ فَافْتَرَقَتْ مِنْهُمْ فِرْقَةٌ فَجَعَلُوا يَهُدُّونَ النَّاسَ لَيْلًا، قَالَ أَصْحَابُهُمْ: وَيْلَكُمْ مَا عَلَى هَذَا فَارَقْنَا عَلِيًّا، فَبَلَغَ عَلِيًّا أَمْرُهُمْ، فَقَامَ فَخَطَبَ النَّاسَ، فَقَالَ: مَا تَرَوْنَ؟ أَنَسِيرُ إِلَى أَهْلِ الشَّامِ أَمْ نَرْجِعُ إِلَى هَؤُلَاءِ الَّذِينَ خَلَفُوا إِلَى ذَرَارِيِّكُمْ؟، قَالُوا: بَلْ نَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهِمْ، فَذَكَرَ أَمْرَهُمْ فَحَدَّثَ عَنْهُمْ بِمَا قَالَ فِيهِمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم: «إِنَّ فِرْقَةً تَخْرُجُ عِنْدَ اخْتِلَافٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ يَقْتُلُهُمْ أَقْرَبُ الطَّائِفَتَيْنِ إِلَى الْحَقِّ، عَلَامَتُهُمْ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ يَدُهُ كَثَدْيِ الْمَرْأَةِ»، فَسَارُوا حَتَّى الْتَقَوْا بِالنَّهْرَوَانِ، فَاقْتَتَلُوا قِتَالًا شَدِيدًا، فَجَعَلَتْ خَيْلُ عَلِيٍّ لَا تَقُومُ لَهُمْ، فَقَامَ عَلِيٌّ فَقَالَ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، إِنْ كُنْتُمْ إِنَّمَا تُقَاتِلُونَ لِي فَوَاللَّهِ مَا عِنْدِي مَا أَجْزِيكُمْ، وَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ إِنَّمَا تُقَاتِلُونَ لِلَّهِ، فَلَا يَكُونُ هَذَا فِعَالُكُمْ، فَحَمَلَ النَّاسُ حَمْلَةً وَاحِدَةً، فَانْجَلَتِ عَنْهُمْ وَهُمْ مُكَبُّونَ عَلَى وُجُوهِهِمْ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: اطْلُبُوا الرَّجُلَ فِيهِمْ، فَطَلَبَ النَّاسُ الرَّجُلَ فَلَمْ يَجِدُوهُ حَتَّى قَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ: غَرَّنَا ابْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ مِنْ إِخْوَانِنَا حَتَّى قَتَلْنَاهُمْ، قَالَ: فَدَمَعَتْ عَيْنُ عَلِيٍّ، فَدَعَا بِدَابَّتِهِ فَرَكِبَهَا فَانْطَلَقَ حَتَّى أَتَى وَهْدَةً فِيهَا قَتْلَى بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ، فَجَعَلَ يُجَرُّ بِأَرْجُلِهِمْ حَتَّى وُجِدَ الرَّجُلُ تَحْتَهُمْ فَأَخْبَرُوهُ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، وَفَرِحَ وَفَرِحَ النَّاسُ وَرَجَعُوا، وَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: لَا أَغْزُوا الْعَامَ، وَرَجَعَ إِلَى الْكُوفَةِ، وَقُتِلَ رحمه الله، وَاسْتُخْلِفَ حَسَنٌ، وَسَارَ سِيرَةَ أَبِيهِ ثُمَّ بَعَثَ بِالْبَيْعَةِ إِلَى مُعَاوِيَةَ
It is narrated from Abu Wa'il (may Allah have mercy on him); the narrator (Habib bin Abi Thabit) said: I came to him (Abu Wa'il) and asked him about those people (the Khawarij) whom Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) had killed. I asked: "Over what did they separate from him? On what basis did they regard his blood as lawful? To what did Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) invite them? What was the reason for their separation from him, and for what reason did he regard their blood as lawful?" He replied: "When the killing became intense among the people of Syria at Siffin, Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) and his companions resorted to a stratagem. Sayyiduna Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: 'Send the Mushaf (the Qur'an) to me; by Allah, they will not reject it from you.'" The narrator said: Then a man came carrying it and called out: "The Book of Allah shall decide between us and you: 'Have you not seen those who were given a portion of the Book?'" Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Yes, the Book of Allah is between us and you, and we have more right to it than you." Meanwhile the Khawarij came, whom in those days we used to call the 'Qurra'' (reciters). They came with their swords on their shoulders and said: "O Commander of the Believers, will you not advance against these people so that Allah may judge between us and them?" Then Sayyiduna Sahl bin Hunayf (may Allah be pleased with him) stood up and said: "O people, suspect your own opinions (in matters of religion). We were with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on the day of al-Hudaybiyah, and had we thought fighting was right, we would certainly have fought. That was at the time of the peace treaty that was made between the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and the polytheists. On that occasion Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) came and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, are we not upon the truth and they upon falsehood?' He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Indeed, yes.' He said: 'Are our slain not in Paradise and theirs in Hell?' He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Indeed, yes.' He said: 'Then why should we accept this humiliation in the matter of our religion, and why should we turn back before Allah has judged between us and them?' He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'O Ibn al-Khattab, I am the Messenger of Allah, and Allah will never let me be lost.' Then Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) went away in a state of anger, unable to remain patient, until he came to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) and repeated the same questions. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) also gave the same answer: 'O Ibn al-Khattab, he is the Messenger of Allah, and Allah will never let him be lost.' Then the Qur'an was revealed to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) with the glad tidings of victory, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) sent for Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) and recited those verses to him. He said: 'O Messenger of Allah, is it really a victory?' He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Yes.' Then his heart was at ease and he went back, and the other people went back too. Then this band of the Khawarij, consisting of more than ten thousand people, came out at the place called 'Harura''. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) sent to them, adjuring them by Allah to make them understand, but they refused. Then Sa'sa'ah bin Suhan (may Allah have mercy on him) came to them and, advising them, asked: 'On what basis are you fighting your caliph?' They said: 'Out of fear of fitnah (trial).' He replied: 'Do not hasten into this year's misguidance out of fear of next year's fitnah.' So they went back, saying: 'We will continue on the course on which we came. If Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) accepts the arbitration, we will fight just as we fought on the day of Siffin, and if he breaks it, we will fight alongside him.' Then they went on until they reached al-Nahrawan. There a group of them broke away and began killing people at night. Their companions said: 'Woe to you! It was not for this that we separated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him).' When news of their state reached Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), he stood up, addressed the people and asked: 'What is your opinion? Shall we march against the people of Syria, or turn back against those who have become a danger behind you to your families?' The people said: 'Rather, we will turn back against them.' Then Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) mentioned them and related the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about them: 'At a time of disagreement among the people, a group will come forth, who will be killed by whichever of the two parties is closer to the truth. Their sign is a man whose hand is like a woman's breast (a lump of flesh).' So they marched until they met at al-Nahrawan, and there was fierce fighting. The horsemen of Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) could not hold their ground against them, so Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) stood up and said: 'O people, if you are fighting only for me, then by Allah I have nothing to give you; and if you are fighting for Allah, then this should not be your conduct.' Then the people charged together in one full assault, and the Khawarij were routed and lay fallen on their faces. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: 'Look for that man among them.' The people searched but did not find him, until some began saying: 'Ibn Abi Talib has deceived us concerning our brothers, so that we have killed them.' The narrator said: On hearing this, tears came to the eyes of Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). He called for his mount, rode it and came to a hollow where the slain lay on top of one another. Their bodies were dragged aside by the feet until that man was found beneath them. When the people told him, Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said aloud, 'Allahu akbar' (Allah is the Greatest), and he rejoiced, and the people too rejoiced and returned. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: 'I will not fight any further this year.' So he returned to Kufah, and there he (may Allah have mercy on him) was martyred. Then Sayyiduna al-Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) became caliph and followed the way of his father, and then he sent his pledge of allegiance to Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him)."
