Hadith 566

(The book) ‘Kifayat Al Aser’ – Ali Bin Al-Hassan Bin Muhammad Bin Mandah, from Zayd Bin Ja’far Bin Muhammad Bin Al-Husayn Al Khazzaz, from Al Abbas Bin Al Abbas Al Jowhari, from Affan Bin Muslim, from Hammad Bin Salamah, from Al Kalby, from Abu Salih, from Shaddad Bin Aws who said, ‘When it was the day of the (battle of the) camel, I said, ‘I will neither be with Ali-asws nor will I be against him-asws, and I shall pause from the fighting up to middle of the day’. When it was near the night Allah-azwj Cast in my heart that I should fight alongside Ali-asws. So, I fought with him-asws until it happened from his-asws matter what happened. Then I came to Al-Medina and entered to see Umm Salama-ra. She-asws said, ‘Where are you coming from? ’ I said, ‘From Al-Basra’. She-ra said: ‘Which of the two sects were you with? ’ I said, ‘O mother of the Momineen! I paused from the fighting up to middle of the day, then Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Cast into my heard that I should fight alongside Ali-asws. She-ra said, ‘Good is what you have done. I-ra have heard Rasool-Allah-saww saying: ‘One battles against Ali-asws, so he had battled against me-saww, and one who battles against me-saww has battled Allah-azwj’. I said, ‘Do you-ra view that the truth is with Ali-asws? ’ She-ra said: ‘Yes, by Allah-azwj! Ali-asws is with the truth and the truth is with him-asws. By Allah-azwj! The community of Muhammad-saww has not been fair to their Prophet-saww, when they placed forwards one Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic and His-azwj Rasool-saww had placed back, and placed back the one Allah-azwj the Exalted and His-azwj Rasool-saww had placed forward, and they had protected their own wives in their houses and brought out the wife of Rasool-Allah-saww to the battle. By Allah-azwj! I-ra have heard Rasool-Allah-saww saying: ‘For my-saww community there would be division and dislocation, and these would be combined when they gather. So, when there is division, then be from the moderate course, then stay with People-asws of my-saww Household. When they-asws fight, then fight (along side), and if they-asws are at peace, then be at peace, and if they-asws move then move with them-asws wherever they-asws move, for the truth would be with them-asws wherever they-asws may be’’. I said, ‘So, who are People-asws of his-saww Household, those he-saww has instructed us with the adherence with them-asws? ’
She-ra said, ‘They-asws are the Imams-asws after him-saww, just as he-saww had said: ‘Number of captains of the children of Israel – Ali-asws, and my-saww two grandsons-asws, and nine from the Sulb of Al-Husayn-asws’. And the People-asws of his-saww Household, they-asws are the Purified, and the infallible Imams-asws’. I said, ‘We are for Allah-azwj! The people are destroyed then! ’ She-ra said, ‘each group rejoicing with what was with them [23: 53]’’. [1]