Hadith 53

his chain to Ahmad Bin Hanbal, from his (book) ‘Musnad’, by his chain to, ‘Ali-asws Ibn Abu Talib-asws: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘A group of people would be deviating from just as the arrow deviates (shoots off) from the archer. They would be reciting the Quran, it would not be exceeding their throats. Beatitude is for the one who kills them and they kill him’’. [18]
And by his chain from Aasim Bin Kuleyb, from his father who said, ‘I was seated in the presence of Ali-asws. He-asws said: ‘I-asws entered to see Rasool-Allah-saww and there wasn’t anyone with him-saww except Ayesha. He-saww said: ‘O Ibn Abu Talib-asws! How will you-asws be and the people would be such and such? ’ I-asws said: ‘Allah-azwj and His-azwj Rasool-saww are more knowing’. He-saww said: ‘A group of people would be emerging from the east. They would be reciting the Quran not exceeding their throats. They would be deviating from the religion like the deviation (Shooting off) of the arrow from the archer. Among them would be a man of a disabled hand, as if his hand is an Ethiopian breast’’. [19]
And by his chain from Tariq Bin Ziyad who said, ‘Ali-asws travelled to Al-Nahrawan and killed the Kharijites. He-asws said: ‘Seek the one-handed, for the Prophet-saww said: ‘There will come a people speaking the words of wisdom not exceeding their throats, deviating from just as the arrow deviates (shoots off) from the archer. Their mark, or among them would be a black man of disabled (cut-off) hand, in his breast would be white hair’. If he was among them, so you have killed evilest of the people, and if he does not happen to be among them, then you have killed best of the people’. Then we found the one-handed, so we fell down in Sajdah, and Ali-asws fell down in Sajdah along with us’’. [20]
And by his chain from Abu Al Aas who said, ‘I witnessed Ali-asws when he-asws killed the people of Al-Nahrawan. He-asws said: ‘Search for the one-handed’. They sought him among the slain. They said, ‘We cannot find him’. He-asws said: ‘Return and searched for him, for by Allah-azwj, I-asws not lying nor have I-asws been lied to! ’ He-asws repeated that repeatedly, during all that he-asws was swearing: ‘By Allah-azwj! I-asws am not lying nor have I-asws been lied to! ’
They went and found him beneath the slain, in the mud. They extracted him and came with him (his dead body). Abu Al-Wazy said, ‘It is as if I am looking at him, and Ethiopian, upon him were two breasts. One breast was like (that of) the woman, upon it were hair like hairs happening to be upon the tail of the rodent (Jerboa)’’. [21]
And by another chain up to Abu Al Wazy who said, ‘We were going towards Al-Kufa with Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws. When we reached a travel distance of two nights or three, a lot of people deviated from us. We mentioned that to Ali-asws. He said: ‘Do not let their affairs terrify you, for they will be returning’. He mentioned the Hadeeth in its length and said, ‘Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws praised Allah-azwj and sa