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Bayhaqi 16743 — The Khawarij are not fought first until they are asked

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ بِشْرَانَ الْعَدْلُ، بِبَغْدَادَ، أَنْبَأَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الرُّزَازُ، ثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، ثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ، ثَنَا جُوَيْرِيَةُ بْنُ أَسْمَاءَ، قَالَ: أُرَاهُ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي عَمِّي، أَوْ عَمٌّ لِي، قَالَ: لَمَّا تَوَاقَفْنَا يَوْمَ الْجَمَلِ، وَقَدْ كَانَ عَلِيٌّ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ حِينَ صَفَّنَا نَادَى فِي النَّاسِ: " لَا يَرْمِيَنَّ رَجُلٌ بِسَهْمٍ، وَلَا يَطْعَنُ بِرُمْحٍ، وَلَا يَضْرِبُ بِسَيْفٍ، وَلَا تَبْدَؤُا الْقَوْمَ بِالْقِتَالِ، وَكَلِّمُوهُمْ بِأَلْطَفِ الْكَلَامِ، وَأَظُنُّهُ قَالَ: فَإِنَّ هَذَا مَقَامٌ مَنْ فَلَجَ فِيهِ فَلَجَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، فَلَمْ نَزَلْ وُقُوفًا حَتَّى تَعَالَى النَّهَارُ، حَتَّى نَادَى الْقَوْمُ بِأَجْمَعِهِمْ: يَا ثَارَاتِ عُثْمَانَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ، فَنَادَى عَلِيٌّ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ مُحَمَّدًا ابْنَ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ، وَهُوَ إِمَامُنَا وَمَعَهُ اللِّوَاءُ، فَقَالَ: يَا ابْنَ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ مَا يَقُولُونَ؟ فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا مُحَمَّدٌ ابْنُ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ فَقَالَ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَا ثَارَاتِ عُثْمَانَ فَرَفَعَ عَلِيٌّ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ يَدَيْهِ فَقَالَ: اللهُمَّ كُبَّ الْيَوْمَ قَتَلَةَ عُثْمَانَ لِوُجُوهِهِمْ.
Yahya bin Sa'id (may Allah have mercy on him) says: My paternal uncle narrated to me: When we were drawn up for the Battle of the Camel, Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Let no one shoot an arrow, thrust with a spear or strike with a sword; you are not to start the fighting, and you are to speak to them gently. And I think he also said: Whoever succeeds today will succeed on the Day of Resurrection too. We remained like that until the day was well advanced, when they all called out together: O vengeance for the blood of Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him)! Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) called Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him), who was in front of us and was carrying the banner, and asked: O Ibn al-Hanafiyyah, what are they calling out? He replied: They are calling for vengeance for the blood of Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), O Commander of the Believers. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) raised his hands and said: O Allah, today throw the killers of Uthman down on their faces.
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب قتال أهل البغي / 16743
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