Hadith 59

an and learn what he is doing’. I went to his house and he wasn’t in his house, nor in the house of his companions. I called out and he did not answer, so I came back to Amir Al-Momineen-asws with their story. He-asws said: ‘May Allah-azwj Distance them, just as He-azwj had Distanced (people of) Samood. But, by Allah-azwj! If I-asws had unsheathed the blades to them, and hit the swords upon their heads, they would have regretted. The Satan-la has deviated them and strayed them, and tomorrow he-la (Satan) would disavow from them and vacate from them’. Ziyad Bin Hafs stood up to him-asws and said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen-asws! Surely, if their harm isn’t except their separating from us, their loss is not a big thing upon us, but we fear that they would corrupt a lot of our community upon us, from the ones in your-asws obedience who would be going to them. So, allow me regarding their followers until we return them to you-asws if Allah-azwj so Desires’. He-asws said to him: ‘Go out in their tracks to guide’. Then he-asws said: ‘Go out, may Allah-azwj have Mercy on you, until you descend by the monastery of Abu Musa, then do not return until my-asws orders come to you, and I-asws shall be writing to the ones from my-asws office bearers around me-asws regarding them’. He-asws wrote one copy and brought it out to the office bearers: ‘In the Name of Allah-azwj the Beneficent, the Merciful. From a servant of Allah-azwj, Ali-asws Amir Al-Momineen, to the ones from the office-bearers this letter of mine-asws is read out him. As for after, there are men of our having followers with them. They went out fleeing. We think they have gone out towards the city of Al-Basra. As the people of your city about them and make spies to be upon them in every corner of your land, then write to me-asws what (news) ends up to you about them’. Ziyad Bin Khasafa went out until he came to his house and gathered his companions and took with him one hundred and thirty men from them, until he came to the monastery of Abu Musa. And it is reported by his chain from Abdullah Bin Wa’il Al-Taymi who said, ‘I was in the presence of Amir Al-Momineen-asws when someone came sprinting with a letter from Qarzah Bin Ka’ab Al-Ansari, and he was one of his-asws office bearers, informing him-asws than a cavalry had passed by from the direction of Al-Kufa heading towards the side, and that a man from Dahaqeen below the Euphrates called Zazan, Faroukh who had become Muslims and was praying Salat. They said to him, ‘Are you a Muslim? ’ He said, ‘Yes’. They said, ‘So, what are you saying regarding Ali-asws? ’ He said, ‘I say he is Amir Al-Momineen-asws, and chief of the mortals, and successor-asws of Rasool-Allah-saww’. They said, ‘You have become a Kafir, O enemy of Allah-azwj! ’ Then a group from them attacked upon him and cut him with their swords, and they seized a Jewish man from the people under responsibility who was with him and they said, ‘Free his way, there is way for you upon him’’. Amir Al