Hadith 282

(The book) ‘Al Amaali’ of the sheykh Al Tusi – Al Mufeed, from Ali Bin Bilal, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn Bin Humeyd Al Lahmy, from Suleyman Bin Al Rabie, from Nasr Bin Muzahim. Ali Bin Bilal said and it is narrating Ali Bin Abdullah Bin Asad Al Asbahany, from Al Saqafi, from Muhammad Bin Ali, from Nasr Bin Muazhim, from Yahya Bin Ya’la Al Aslamy, from Ali Bin Al Hazawwar, from Al Asbagh Bin Nubata who said, ‘A man came to Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws and said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen-asws! Those people, the ones we are fighting against, the call is one, and the Rasool-saww is one, and the Salat is one, and the Hajj is one, so by what should we name them? ’
He-asws said: ‘By what Allah-azwj the Exalted has Named them in His-azwj Book’. He said, ‘All what is in the Book of Allah-azwj, I do not know it’. He-asws said: Have you not heard Allah-azwj the Exalted Saying in His-azwj Book: Those Rasools, We Merited some of them over the others – from them was one to whom Allah Spoke (with), and some of them He Raised their ranks. And We Gave Isa Ibn Maryam the Clear Proofs and Assisted him with the Holy Spirit; and had Allah so Desired, those (people) from after them (Rasools) would not have fought after the clear proofs had come to them. But, they differed, so from them was one who expressed belief, and from them was one who committed Kufr. [2: 253]. When the differing occurred, it was us-asws, we-asws were foremost with Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic and with His-azwj Religion, and with the Prophet-saww, and with the Book, and with the Truth. We-asws are the ones who believe, and they are the ones who committed Kufr, and Allah-azwj Desired from us-asws to fight them, so we-asws fought them due to His-azwj Desire and His-azwj Want’’. [180]