In another Hadith...

In another Hadith, ‘Abdul Maseeh Bin Abqa went to Rasool-Allah -saww and with him was Al-Aaqib and Qays his brother, and with him was Haris Bin Abdul Maseeh, and they were boys, and with him were forty priests. He said, ‘O Mohammed -saww ! What are you -saww saying regarding the Messiah -as , for by Allah -azwj , we are denying what you -saww are saying’.

He (the narrator) said, ‘Allah -azwj the Exalted Revealed to him -saww : ‘ Surely the example of Isa with Allah is like the example of Adam; He Created him from dust, then said to him, “Be”, so he became [3:59] . He (from the Christians) was amused by what Rasool-Allah -saww said and responded with, ‘But, he -as is Allah -azwj ’.

So, Allah -azwj Revealed: So the one who argues with you in this matter after what has come to you from the Knowledge, then say: ‘Come, let us call [3:61] – up to the end of the Verse. When he -saww heard the mention of the ‘sons’, he -saww was aggravated with intense anger (against the Christians) and called Al-Hassan -asws and Al-Hussain -asws and Ali -asws and (Syeda) Fatima -asws .

He -saww got Al-Hassan -asws to stand on his -saww right, and Al-Hussain -asws on his -saww left, and Ali -asws to his -saww front, and (Syeda) Fatima -asws to his -saww back and he -saww said: ‘These are our sons and our women and our selves’. They came to him -saww with the restraint. The narrator said: (At this point) ‘Al-Aaqib leapt and said, ‘I remind you of Allah -azwj if you were to imprecate (curse on the liar) this man -saww !

By Allah -azwj , if he -saww was a liar, there is no good in you cursing him -saww , and if he -saww was truthful, a year would not pass by and there would be from you one blowing a fire’. So, they reconciled with him -saww with every reconciliation’’.

[36] For further details, see for example: https://www.hubeali.com/article/mubahila-imprecation-eid-new/ Battle of Tabuk & Conspiracy to assassinate Prophet -saww at Al-Aqaba: Year 9 The Battle of Tabuk was fought in Rajab 9 AH , near the Gulf of Aqaba towards north-west of Madinah (in the opposition direction to Makkah). It was the largest and the last military expedition during the lifetime of Rasool-Allah -saww .

In response to the planning of the hypocrites to create mayhem in Madinah in the absence of Rasool-Allah -saww , the Prophet -saww decided to leave Ali -asws Ibn Abi Talib -asws as his -saww successor in Madinah.