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Musnad Ahmad 5:111

Musnad Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)

مسند علي بن أبي طالب (1) رضي الله عنه

Hadith 5:111

Abu Sa’id, the freed slave of Banu Hashim, narrated to us: Isma’il bin Muslim al-‘Abdi narrated to us: Abu Kathir, the freed slave of the Ansar, narrated to us, saying: I was with my master, ‘Ali bin Abi Talib, when the people of al-Nahrawan were killed. It was as if the people felt distressed within themselves regarding their killing. So ‘Ali said: "O people, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) told us of people who would pass through the religion just as an arrow passes through the prey, then they would never return to it, until the arrow returns to its notch. The sign of that is that among them is a black man, with a deformed hand; one of his hands is like a woman’s breast, having a nipple like the nipple of a woman’s breast, with seven hairs around it. Seek him out, for I see him among them." They sought him out and found him at the edge of the river beneath the slain. They brought him out, and ‘Ali said: "Allahu Akbar (Allah is the Greatest). Allah and His Messenger have spoken the truth." He was wearing an Arabian bow of his, so he took it in his hand and began to poke his deformed hand with it, saying: "Allah and His Messenger have spoken the truth." The people said "Allahu Akbar" when they saw him and rejoiced, and what they had been feeling departed from them.

حدثنا أبو سعيد، مولى بني هاشم، حدثنا إسماعيل بن مسلم العبدي، حدثنا أبو كثير، مولى الأنصار، قال: كنت مع سيدي علي بن أبي طالب، حيث قتل أهل النهروان فكأن الناس وجدوا في أنفسهم من قتلهم فقال: علي: يا أيها الناس، إن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قد " حدثنا بأقوام يمرقون من الدين كما يمرق السهم من الرمية، ثم لا يرجعون فيه أبدا، حتى يرجع السهم على فوقه، وإن آية ذلك أن فيهم رجلا أسود مخدج اليد، إحدى يديه كثدي المرأة، لها حلمة كحلمة ثدي المرأة، حوله سبع هلبات ". فالتمسوه فإني أراه فيهم. فالتمسوه، فوجدوه إلى شفير النهر تحت القتلى، فأخرجوه، فكبر علي، فقال: الله أكبر، صدق الله ورسوله. وإنه لمتقلد قوسا له عربية، فأخذها بيده، فجعل يطعن بها في مخدجته ويقول: صدق الله ورسوله، وكبر الناس حين رأوه واستبشروا، وذهب عنهم ما كانوا يجدون