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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 478 — he was with Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib when
حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَثِيرٍ ، مَوْلَى الْأَنْصَارِ ، قَالَ : كُنْتُ مَعَ سَيِّدِي عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ حِينَ قُتِلَ أَهْلُ النَّهَرَوَانِ ، قَالَ : فَكَأَنَّ النَّاسَ وَجَدُوا فِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ مِنْ قَتْلِهِمْ ، قَالَ : فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ : يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ ، إِنَّ نَبِيَّ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ حَدَّثَنَا بِأَقْوَامٍ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ مُرُوقَ السَّهْمِ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ ، فَلَا يَرْجِعُونَ فِيهِ حَتَّى يَرْجِعَ السَّهْمُ عَلَى قَوْمِهِ ، وَآيَةُ ذَلِكَ أَنَّ فِيهِمْ رَجُلًا مُخْدَجَ الْيَدِ ، إِحْدَى يَدَيْهِ كَثَدْيِ الْمَرْأَةِ ، لَهَا حَلَمَةٌ كَحَلَمَةِ ثَدْيِ الْمَرْأَةِ ، إِنَّ بِهَا سَبْعَ هُلْبَاتٍ ، فَالْتَمِسُوهُ ، فَإِنِّي أُرَاهُ فِيهِمْ ، فَالْتَمَسُوهُ فَوَجَدُوهُ عَلَى شَفِيرِ النَّهَرِ تَحْتَ الْقَتْلَى ، فَأَخْرَجُوهُ ، فَكَبَّرَ عَلِيٌّ ، وَقَالَ : اللهُ أَكْبَرُ ، صَدَقَ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ . وَآيَةُ ذَلِكَ مُتَقَلِّدٌ قَوْسًا لَهُ عَرَبِيَّةً ، فَأَخَذَهَا بِيَدِهِ ، ثُمَّ جَعَلَ يَطْعَنُ بِهَا فِي مُخْدَجَتِهِ ، وَيَقُولُ : اللهُ أَكْبَرُ ، صَدَقَ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ ، صَدَقَ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ ، وَكَبَّرَ النَّاسُ حِينَ رَأَوْهُ وَاسْتَبْشَرُوا ، وَذَهَبَ عَنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يَجِدُونَ .
It is narrated from Abu Kathir (may Allah have mercy on him), a freed slave of the Ansar, that he was with Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) when the people of al-Nahrawan were killed. He related that the people felt some unease and misgiving in their hearts because of their killing. Then Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O people, the Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) told us of peoples who will pass out of the religion just as an arrow passes through the game, and they will not return to it until the arrow returns to its notch. The sign of this is that among them will be a man with a deficient hand; one of his hands will be like a woman's breast, with a tip like the nipple of a breast, and on it there will be seven hairs. So search for him, for I think he is among them." So the people searched for him and found him on the bank of the river, pinned beneath the slain. When he was brought out, Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) raised the takbir and said: "Allah is the Greatest; Allah and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) have spoken the truth." Another sign of him was that he was carrying an Arabian bow slung over him. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) took it in his hand and began poking that deficient part of him with the bow, saying: "Allah is the Greatest; Allah and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) have spoken the truth; Allah and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) have spoken the truth." When the people saw that man, they too said the takbir and rejoiced, and the (unease and doubt) that was in their hearts went away.
