I shall narrate to you with a merit...

I shall narrate to you with a merit, a Qurayshi narrated to me from a Qurayshi’, until he reached six of them. Then he said, ‘The graves at Al-Baqi’e (cemetery) shook, in the era of Umar Bin Al-Khattab, and the people of Al-Medina raised a clamour from that.

فخرج عمر و أصحاب رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) يدعون لتسكن الرجفة، فما زالت تزيد إلى أن تعدى ذلك إلى حيطان المدينة، و عزم أهلها على الخروج عنها، فعند ذلك قال عمر: علي بأبي الحسن علي بن أبي طالب (عليه السلام) So Umar Bin Al-Khattab and the companions of Rasool-Allah -saww came out supplicating for the settling of the tremors. But, they did not cease increasing until that exceeded to the walls of Al-Medina, and its inhabitants determined upon exiting from it.

Then, during that, Umar said, ‘Bring Ali -asws Bin Abu Talib -asws to me!’ فحضر، فقال: يا أبا الحسن، ألا ترى إلى قبور البقيع و رجفتها حتى تعدى ذلك إلى حيطان المدينة و قد هم أهلها بالرحلة عنها؟ So he -asws presented, and he said, ‘O Abu Al-Hassan -asws !

Do you -asws not see the graves of Al Baqi’e to be shaking until that has exceeded to the walls of Al-Medina, and its inhabitants have thought with the departure from it?’ فقال علي (عليه السلام): «علي بمائة رجل من أصحاب رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) البدريين» فاختار من المائة عشرة، فجعلهم خلفه، و جعل التسعين من ورائهم، و لم يبق بالمدينة سوى هؤلاء إلا حضر حتى لم يبق بالمدينة ثيب و لا عاتق إلا خرجت Ali -asws said: ‘Come to me -asws with a hundred men from the companions of Rasool-Allah -saww , participants at (the battle of) Badr!’ Then he -asws chose ten from the hundred, and made them to be behind him -asws , and made the ninety to be behind them, and there did not remain at Al-Medina besides them except he was present until there did not remain at Al-Medina, neither a widow nor an adolescent girl, except she (also) came out.

ثم دعا بأبي ذر و مقداد و سلمان و عمار، فقال لهم: «كونوا بين يدي» حتى توسط البقيع، و الناس محدقون به، فضرب الأرض برجله، ثم قال: «ما لك ما لك؟» ثلاثا، فسكنت Then he -asws called Abu Zarr -ra , and Miqdad -ra , and Salman -ra and Ammar -ra , and said to them ‑ra : ‘Come to be in front of me -asws !’, until they were in the midst of Al-Baqi’e, and the people were surrounding it. Then he -asws struck the ground with his -asws leg, then said: ‘What is the matter with you?’ – thrice, and it settled.