نَا نَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ ، نَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ بُدَيْلٍ ، نَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ، نَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ ، قَالَ : شَهِدْتُ عَلِيًّا رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ، وَأَتَى بِأَخِي بَنِي عِجْلٍ الْمُسْتَوْرِدِ بْنِ قَبِيصَةَ تَنَصَّرَ بَعْدَ إِسْلامِهِ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ : " مَا حُدِّثْتُ عَنْكَ ؟ ، قَالَ : مَا حُدِّثْتَ عَنِّي ؟ ، قَالَ : حُدِّثْتُ عَنْكَ أَنَّكَ تَنَصَّرْتَ ، فَقَالَ : أَنَا عَلَى دِينِ الْمَسِيحِ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ : " وَأَنَا عَلَى دِينِ الْمَسِيحِ " ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ : مَا تَقُولُ فِيهِ ؟ ، فَتَكَلَّمَ بِكَلامٍ خَفِيَ عَلَيَّ ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ : طَئُوهُ ، فَوُطِئَ حَتَّى مَاتَ ، فَقُلْتُ لِلَّذِي يَلِينِي : مَا قَالَ ؟ ، قَالَ : الْمَسِيحُ رَبُّهُ " .
Abdul Malik bin Umair narrates: I was present with Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) when a man from Banu ‘Ajl, Mustawrid bin Qabisah, who had left Islam and become a Christian, was brought to him. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) asked him: "What have I been told about you?" He asked: "What have you been told about me?" Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I have been told that you have become a Christian." He said: "I am upon the religion of Sayyiduna Masih (peace and blessings be upon him)." Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: "I am also upon the religion of Sayyiduna Masih (peace and blessings be upon him)." Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) asked him: "What do you say about him (i.e., Sayyiduna Masih)?" The answer that the man gave, I did not understand. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) ordered: "Kill him." So he was killed. (The narrator says:) I asked the one next to me: "What did he say?" He replied: "He said: Sayyiduna Masih (peace and blessings be upon him) is his Lord."