Hadith 255

l be committing a major crime in your-la adulthood, Allah-azwj would be Wrathful upon you-la due to it, and your-la destination would be to the Fire! ’? ’
He-la said, ‘That has happened, but, by Allah-azwj O Amir Al-Momineen-asws, you-asws are more beloved to me-la than everyone! ’ Amir Al-Momineen-asws said: ‘By Allah-azwj! Neither am I-asws lying to you-la nor have I-asws been lied to, and I-asws have spoken the right, and have said the truth, and by Allah-azwj, you-la are my-asws killer. It is inevitable, and you-la will be dying this from this’ – and he-asws indicated to his-asws beard and his-asws head – ‘And your-la time has drawn near and it is your-la era’. Ibn Muljim-la said, ‘By Allah-azwj, O Amir Al-Momineen-asws! You-asws are more beloved to me-asws than all what the sun emerges upon, but when you-asws have said that (that I-la would be killing you-asws), then send me-la to a place where your-asws house would be far away from my-la house’. He-asws said: ‘Be with your-la companions until I-asws permit for you all with returning to your city’. Then he-asws instructed them with the lodging among the clan of Tameem. They stayed for three days, then he-asws instructed them with the returning to Al-Yemen. When they determined upon the going, Ibn Muljim-la fell severely sick. So, they went and left him-la. When he-la recovered, he-la came to Amir Al-Momineen-asws, and he-la would not separate from him-asws, neither at daytime nor night, and he-la would be quick in fulfilling his-asws needs, and he-asws was honouring him-la and inviting him-la to his-asws house and drawing him-la near. And, along with that, he-asws was saying: ‘You-la are my-asws killer’ and kept repeating the couplet to him-la: ‘I-asws want him-la to live and he-la wants to kill me-asws. Your-la excuse is from your-la friend from Murad’. He-la was saying to him-asws, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen-asws! When you-asws know that from me-la, then kill me-la’. He-asws was saying: ‘Surely it is not Permissible that I-asws should kill a man before he has done something with me-asws’. And another Hadeeth, he-asws said: ‘If I-asws were to kill you-la, then who will kill me-asws? ’
He (the narrator) said, ‘The Shias heard that, so Malik Al-Ashtar and Al-Haris Bin Al-Awr and others from the Shias leapt and bared their swords and said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen-asws! Who is this dog whom you-asws are addressing with the like of this address repeatedly, and you-asws are our Imam-asws and our ruler, and son-asws of an uncle-as of our Prophet-saww? Order us with killing him-la! ’
He-asws said to them: ‘Sheath your swords, may Allah-azwj Bless you all, and do not split the staff of this community! Are you viewing that I-asws should kill a man who has not done anything to me-asws (yet)? ’
When he-asws left to go to his-asws house, the Shias gathered and informed each other with what they had heard, and they said, ‘Amir Al-Momineen-asws tends to go to the central Masjid at the end of the night, and you have heard his-asws addressing to this Al-Murady, and he-asws does not speak except the truth, and you have known of his-asws justice upon us, and his-asws compassion upon us, and we fear that this Al-Murady would assassinate him-asws. So come! We should determine upon surrounding him-asws (for protection), every night by a tribe from us’. The voting occurred regarding the first night, and the second, and the third, upon the people of rubbish collection. They collared their swords and came during their night to the central Masjid. When he-asws came out, he-asws saw them being upon that state. He-asws said: ‘What is your concern? ’ They informed him-asws. He-asws supplicated for them and smiled chuckling, and said: ‘You have come to protect me-asws from the people of the sky or from people o