Hadith 194

life! It is a clear Jihad which the Book of Allah-azwj has Described to us. And nor is that which I-asws wanted with, from mentioning your existent city, from me-asws upon you, due to what you have aggrieved me-asws, apart from that Rasool-Allah-saww had said to me-asws one day, and there wasn’t anyone with him-saww apart from me-asws: ‘Jibraeel-as is the Trustworthy Spirit. He-as carried me-saww upon his-as right shoulder until he-as showed me-saww the earth and the ones upon it, and gave me-saww its reins, and taught me-saww what was therein, and what had happened upon its back, and what would be happening up to the Day of Qiyamah. And that was not too much upon me-saww just as it was not too much upon my-saww father-as Adam-as. He-azwj Taught him-as the names, all of them, and did not Teach them to the Angels of Proximity, and I-saww saw a spot upon the coast of the sea called Al-Basra. There is was the remotest land from the sky, and the closes from the water, and it would be the quickest of the lands to be ruined, and coarsest of it in soil, and the severest of it in Punishment. And previous generation have been submerged at it repeatedly, and there would be coming upon it a time. And for you all, O people of Al-Basra, and what is round you from the towns from the water, for a day of mighty calamity, and I-asws do know of a place of its bursting forth from this town of yours. Then there would be matters before that, they would raid you, and I-asws have hidden it from you and we know it. So, the one who goes out from it at the approach of its drowning, would be with the Mercy from Allah-azwj preceding for him. And one who remains in it, not connect with it, it would be due to his sons, and Allah-azwj is not the least unjust to its servants’. A man stood up to him and said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen-asws! Inform me, who are the people of the community, and who are the people of the sectarianism, and who are the people of the innovation, and who are the people of the Sunnah? ’
He-asws said: ‘When you have asked me-asws, then understand from me-asws, and it is not upon you that you ask anyone after me-asws. As for the people of the community, it is I-asws and the ones who follow me-asws, and even though they may be few, and that is the truth from a Command of Allah-azwj and order of His-azwj Rasool-saww. And as for the people of the sectarianism, they are the adversaries to me-asws, and to the one who follows me-asws, and even though they may be any. And as for the people of the Sunnah, they are the adherent with what Allah-azwj has Made to be a Sunnah and His-azwj Rasool-saww, and even though they may be few. And as for the people of the innovation, they are the adversaries to the Commands of Allah-azwj and to His-azwj Book and His-azwj Rasool-saww, the workers with their opinions, and their whims, and even though they may be a lot, and the first army has passed, and there remains the armies, and upon Allah-azwj is its division, and its connection from the limits of the earth. And by Allah-azwj, is the inclination! ’’[73]