Hadith 70

(The book) ‘Al Majalis’ of Al Mufeed (and) ‘Al Amaali of the sheykh Al Tusi – Al Mufeed, from the scribe, from Al Zafrany, from Al Saqafi, from ismail Bin Aban, from Amro Bin Shimr who said, ‘I heard Jabir Bin Yazeed Al Jufy saying, ‘I heard Abu Ja’far Muhammad-asws Bin Ali-asws saying: ‘It is narrated to me-asws by my-asws father-asws, from my-asws grandfather-asws having said: ‘When Amir Al-Momineen-asws headed from Al-Medina to the breakers (of the allegiance) at Al-Basrah, he-asws encamped at Al-Rabza. When he-asws departed from it Abdullah Bin Khalifa Al-Taie met him, and had descended in a spot called Qaid. Amir Al-Momineen-asws welcomed him. Abdullah said to him-asws, ‘The Praise is for Allah-azwj Who Returned the right back to its people and Placed it in its place, when that was disliked by a people or they were cheered by it, for by Allah-azwj, they had disliked Muhammad-saww and they had shunned him-saww and fought him-saww, but Allah-azwj Returned their plots into their throats and Made the circle of evil to be against them. By Allah-azwj! We shall fight against them with you-asws in every place, as a protection for Rasool-Allah-saww’. Amir Al-Momineen-asws was welcoming with him and made him to be seated to his-asws side, and he was beloved to him-asws and a friend, and he-asws took to asking him about the people, until he came to ask him about Abu Musa Al-Ashari. He said, ‘By Allah-azwj! I do not trust him and don’t feel safe upon you-asws of his opposition, if he were to find help upon that’. Amir Al-Momineen-asws said: ‘By Allah-azwj! He was not reliable in my-asws presence nor an adviser, and he had preceded me-asws seizing upon his affection, and his friendship, and he (Usman) made him overcome with the command upon the people, and I-asws had intended to remove him, but Al-Ashtar had asked me-asws regarding him, and that I-asws should accept him, so I-asws accepted him upon an abhorrence from me-asws for it, and I-asws worked upon changing him afterwards’. He (the narrator) said, ‘He-asws was with Abdullah in this and approximate to it, when he faced a lot of wilderness from the direction of the mount Tayy’. Amir Al-Momineen-asws said: ‘Look, what is this wilderness? ’ And the cavalry had gone sprinting, and it was not long before they returned and it was said, ‘This is ‘Tayy’. He has come to you-asws ushering the sheep and the camels and the horses. From them is one who has come with his sacrificial animal and his dignity, and from them is one who intends the enforcing with you-asws to your-asws enemies’. Amir Al-Momineen-asws said: ‘May Allah-azwj Recompense Tayy goodly, and Allah Merited the fighters over the ones sitting back by a mighty Recompense [4: 95]’. When they ended up to him-asws, they greeted unto him-asws. Abdullah Bin Khaleefa said, ‘By Allah-azwj! It has cheered me what I saw from their community, and their excellent personali