مسند الحميدي
Musnad al-Humaydi
Hadiths of Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him)
Prophecy of sword’s blade upon going to Iraq
Hadith 53
53 - حَدَّثَنَا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ، ثنا سُفْيَانُ، ثنا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ أَعْيَنَ سَمِعَهُ مِنْ أَبِي حَرْبِ بْنِ أَبِي الْأَسْوَدِ الدِّيلِيِّ يُحَدِّثُهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا يَقُولُ: أَتَانِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ وَقَدْ أَدْخَلْتُ رِجْلِي فِي الْغَرْزِ فَقَالَ لِي: أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ؟ فَقُلْتُ: الْعِرَاقَ فَقَالَ: «أَمَا إِنَّكَ إِنْ جِئْتَهَا لَيُصِيبُكَ بِهَا ذُبَابُ السَّيْفِ» فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: «وَايْمُ اللَّهِ لَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّي اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ? قَبْلَهُ يَقُولُهُ» فَقَالَ أَبُو حَرْبٍ فَسَمِعْتُ: أَبِي يَقُولُ: فَعَجِبْتُ مِنْهُ وَقُلْتُ: رَجُلٌ مُحَارِبٌ يُحَدِّثُ بِمِثْلِ هَذَا عَنْ نَفْسِهِ
Abu Aswad Daili narrates: I heard Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) saying: Abdullah bin Salam (may Allah be pleased with him) came to me when I had already placed my foot in the stirrup. He asked me: Where are you intending to go? I replied: Iraq. He said: If you go there, you will surely be struck by the edge of the sword. Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) said: By Allah, before this I had also heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying this.
