Hadith 158

sws’’. [155]
And he said in another place, ‘It is reported by Sufyan Al Sowry, from Abdul Rahman Bin Al Qasim, from Umar Bin Abdul Ghaffar, ‘When Abu Hureyra (well-known fabricator) arrived at Al-Kufa with Muawiya, he used to sit with the dinner at the door of Kindah, and he was sat to (by the gatherers), a youth from Al-Kufa came and sat to him. He said, ‘O Abu Hureyra (a well-known fabricator)! I adjured you with Allah-azwj! Did you hear Rasool-Allah-saww saying for Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws: ‘O Allah-azwj! Befriend the one befriending him-asws, and be Inimical to the one being inimical to him-asws’? ’
He said, ‘O Allah-azwj, Yes! ’ He said, ‘I keep Allah-azwj as Witness! I have befriended his-asws enemies and am inimical to his-asws friends’. Then he stood up from him’’. [156]
And he said in another place, ‘A group from our elders of Baghdad mentioned that a number of the companions, and the followers, and the narrators were turning away from Ali-asws, speaking evil regarding him-asws, and from them was one who concealed his hypocrisy, and assisted his-asws enemies, inclined with the world and preferring the current (life). From them was Anas Bin Malik (a well-known fabricator). Ali-asws adjured the people in the courtyard of the government building’, or said, ‘Courtyard of the central Masjid at Al-Kufa: ‘Which ones of you had heard Rasool-Allah-saww saying: ‘One whose Master I-saww was, so Ali-asws is his Master! ’? ’ Twelve men stood up and testified with it, and Anas Bin Malik did not stand up. He-asws said to him, ‘O Anas! What prevent you from standing and testifying, and you had been present at it? ’
He said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen-asws! I have become old and forgetful’. He-asws said: ‘O Allah-azwj! If he was lying, then Pelt him with a whiteness the turban cannot cover it! ’ Talha Bin Amro said, ‘By Allah-azwj! I had seen it clearly after that, a whiteness between his eyes’’. [157]
And it is reported by Usman Bin Mutarrif, ‘A man asked Anas Bin Malik (a well-known fabricator) at the end of his life, about Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws. He said, ‘I have sworn that I will not conceal any Hadeeth I am asked about regarding Ali-asws, after the day of Al-Rahba (the courtyard), that (Ali-asws) is the head of the pious on the Day of Qiyamah. By Allah-azwj! I have heard it from yo