قلت: يا رسول الله، أرشدني الفلج He -saww said: ‘Yes, so be...

قلت: يا رسول الله، أرشدني الفلج He -saww said: ‘Yes, so be prepared for the disputes, for you -asws will be disputed against by my -saww community’.

I -asws said; ‘O Rasool-Allah -saww , will you -saww direct me ‑asws to the success?’ قال: إذا رأيت قومك قد عدلوا عن الهدى إلى الضلال فخاصمهم، فإن الهدى من الله، و الضلال من الشيطان He -saww said: ‘When you see your -asws people to have turned away from the guidance to the misguidance, then dispute with them, for the guidance is from Allah -azwj , and the misguidance is from the Satan -la .

يا علي، إن الهدى هو اتباع أمر الله دون الهوى و الرأي، و كأنك بقوم قد تأولوا القرآن، و أخذوا بالشبهات، و استحلوا الخمر و النبيذ و البخس بالزكاة، و السحت بالهدية O Ali -asws ! The guidance is to follow the Commands of Allah -azwj instead of the desires and the opinions. It would be as if you are among a people who recite the Quran, and take to the doubtful, and permit the intoxicants, and Al-Nabeedh (drink), and underestimate the Zakat, and gift the illegal wealth’.

قلت: يا رسول الله، فما هم إذا فعلوا ذلك، أهم أهل فتنة أم أهل ردة I -asws said: ‘O Rasool-Allah -saww , so what would they be if they were to do that, would they be people of Fitna or apostates?’ فقال: هم أهل فتنة يعمهون فيها إلى أن يدركهم العدل Rasool Allah -saww said: ‘They would be people of Fitna wandering during it until they perceive the justice’.

فقلت: يا رسول الله، العدل منا، أم من غيرنا I said: ‘O Rasool-Allah -saww , the justice is from us -asws or from others?’ فقال: بل منا، بنا فتح الله، و بنا يختم الله، و بنا ألف الله بين القلوب بعد الشرك، و بنا يؤلف بين القلوب بعد الفتنة He -saww said: ‘From us -asws .

It is with us -asws that Allah -azwj begins, and it is with us -asws that Allah -azwj Ends, and it is with us -asws that Allah -azwj Planted loved in their hearts after their Polytheism, and it is with us -asws that He -azwj will Plant love between the hearts after the (end of the) strife’. فقلت: الحمد لله على ما وهب لنا من فضله I -asws said: ‘The Praise is for Allah -azwj upon what He -azwj Endowed to us -asws from His -azwj Grace’.