Toggle above to switch between keyword search and direct hadith lookup

Bayhaqi 16745 — The Khawarij are not fought first until they are asked

وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، ثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ، ثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَفَّانَ الْعَامِرِيُّ، ثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُوسَى، أَنْبَأَ أَبُو مَيْمُونَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي بَشِيرٍ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ، فِي قِصَّةِ حَرْبِ الْجَمَلِ، قَالَ: فَاجْتَمَعُوا بِالْبَصْرَةِ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ: مَنْ يَأْخُذُ الْمُصْحَفَ؟ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ لَهُمْ: مَاذَا تَنْقُمُونَ، تُرِيقُونَ دِمَاءَنَا وَدِمَاءَكُمْ؟ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: أَنَا يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّكَ مَقْتُولٌ، قَالَ: لَا أُبَالِي، قَالَ: خُذِ الْمُصْحَفَ، قَالَ: فَذَهَبَ ⦗٣١٤⦘ إِلَيْهِمْ فَقَتَلُوهُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ مِنَ الْغَدِ مِثْلَ مَا قَالَ بِالْأَمْسِ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: أَنَا، قَالَ: إِنَّكَ مَقْتُولٌ كَمَا قُتِلَ صَاحِبُكَ، قَالَ: لَا أُبَالِي، قَالَ: فَذَهَبَ فَقُتِلَ، ثُمَّ قُتِلَ آخَرُ، كُلَّ يَوْمٍ وَاحِدٌ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ: قَدْ حَلَّ لَكُمْ قِتَالُهُمُ الْآنَ، قَالَ: فَبَرَزَ هَؤُلَاءِ وَهَؤُلَاءِ فَاقْتَتَلُوا قِتَالًا شَدِيدًا، وَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ قَالَ أَبُو بَشِيرٍ: فَرَدَّ عَلَيْهِمْ مَا كَانَ فِي الْعَسْكَرِ حَتَّى الْقِدْرَ.
Abu Bashir al-Shaybani (may Allah have mercy on him), in the story of the Battle of the Camel, says: They all gathered in Basrah. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Who will take the Mushaf (to them)? Then (he is to) say to them: What is wrong with you, that you are shedding our blood and your own? A man said: I will, O Commander of the Believers. He (may Allah be pleased with him) said: You will be killed. He said: It does not matter. He (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Take the Mushaf. He went, and they killed him. In the same way Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) sent three men with the Mushaf, but they killed them. Then Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Now fighting has become lawful. So there was fierce fighting, and then he related the rest of the hadith. Abu Bashir said: Then he returned to them whatever was in the camp, even the cooking pot.
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب قتال أهل البغي / 16745