Hadith 376

Nasr said, ‘And it is narrated to us by Umar Bin Sa’ad, from Muslim Al Awr, from habbat al Arny who said, ‘Ali-asws instructed Al-Haris Al-Awr so he shouted among the people of Al-Madain, ‘One who was from the fighters, let him be with Amir Al-Momineen-asws at Al-Asr Salat. They came to be with Ali-asws during the time. He-asws praised Allah-azwj and extolled upon Him-azwj, then said: ‘As for after, I-asws am surprised from your staying back from your call and your cutting off from the people of your city in these unjust and decadent (self-indulgent) dwelling, most of its dwellers don’t know any good they should be enjoining with, nor any evil they should be desisting from’. They said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen-asws! We have been awaiting your-asws orders. Order us with whatever you-asws like’. He-asws travelled and left behind Aday Bin Hatim upon them. He stayed upon them for three (days), then he went out among eight hundred men from them, and left behind his son Zayd after him. He joined up with him-asws among four hundred men from them. And Ali-asws came until he-asws passed by Anbar, and their people the clan of Khoshnushak welcomed him-asws. Nasr (the reporter) said, ‘The word is of Persian origin. ‘Khosh’ i. e. good, and ‘Nushak’ i. e. pleasure, meaning the clan of the good, pleasing people, in Persian’. He (the narrator) said, ‘When they welcomed him-asws, they descended from their horses, then they came adhering with him-asws, and in front of him-asws, and with them were horses whom they paused in his-asws path. He-asws said: ‘What are these animals which are with y