There has come the Help of Allah -azwj and the victory...

There has come the Help of Allah -azwj and the victory, so if you ‑asws see the people entering in the Religion of Allah -azwj in droves, Glorify the Praise of your -asws Lord -azwj , and seek Forgiveness from Him -saww for He -azwj was always Merciful. يا علي، إن الله تعالى قد كتب على المؤمنين الجهاد في الفتنة من بعدي كما كتب عليهم جهاد المشركين معي O Ali -asws !

Surely, Allah -azwj has Decreed Al-Jihad upon the Momineen during the strife (Al-Fitna) from after me -saww just as He -azwj Had Decreed Jihad for me -saww against the Polytheists’.

فقلت: يا رسول الله، و ما الفتنة التي كتب علينا فيها الجهاد؟ I -asws said: ‘O Rasool-Allah -saww , and what is the strife during which He -azwj has Decreed Jihad upon us?’ قال: فتنة قوم يشهدون أن لا إله إلا الله و أني رسول الله، و هم مخالفون لسنتي و طاعنون في ديني He -saww said; ‘Fitna of a people who would be testifying that there is no god except for Allah -azwj , and that I -saww am a Rasool -saww of Allah -azwj , and they would be opposing my -saww Sunnah and would be disputing in my -saww Religion’.

فقلت: فعلام نقاتلهم يا رسول الله، و هم يشهدون أن لا إله إلا الله و أنك رسول الله؟ I -asws said: ‘So, why should we fight against them O Rasool-Allah -saww , and they would be testifying that there is no god except Allah -azwj and that you -saww are a Rasool -saww of Allah -azwj ?’ فقال: على إحداثهم في دينهم، و فراقهم لأمري، و استحلالهم دماء عترتي He -saww said: ‘Due to their innovations in their Religion, and their separating from my ‑saww orders, and their considering the (shedding of the) blood of my -saww Family to be permissible’.

قال: فقلت: يا رسول الله إنك كنت وعدتني الشهادة، فسل الله تعجيلها لي I -asws said: ‘O Rasool-Allah -saww ! You -saww had promised the martyrdom to me -asws , so ask Allah -azwj to Hasten it for me -asws ’. فقال: أجل، قد كنت وعدتك الشهادة، فكيف صبرك إذا خضبت هذه من هذا؟ و أومأ إلى رأسي و لحيتي Rasool Allah -saww said: ‘Yes, I -saww had promised the martyrdom for you -asws , but how would be your -asws patience when this here colours this?’ – and he -saww pointed to my -asws head and my -asws beard.

فقلت: يا رسول الله، أما إذا ثبت لي ما ثبت ، فليس بموطن صبر، و لكنه موطن بشرى و شكر I -asws said: ‘O Rasool-Allah -saww , but when it transpires for me -asws what you -saww have shown, then there is no place for patience, but it is a place of glad tidings and appreciation’. فقال: أجل، فأعد للخصومة، فإنك مخاصم امتي.