Ali asked: ‘Will I be on the wrong way at the time?

Ali asked: ‘Will I be on the wrong way at the time?’ and The Prophet replied: ‘No, but whenever it happened, return her to her house.”(1) After quoting this narration, Haythami says: “This narration is quoted by Ahmad, Buzar and Al-Tabarani; which are trusted.”(2) Decision to Disobey When Aisha decided to disobey Imam Ali (PBUH), they looked for a camel to carry her camel litter; a man named “Ya’la ibn Umayya” brought a camel for her, named “Askar”, which was strong and able to carry the litter.

Aisha saw the camel and liked it. The owner describe the strength of his camel and named the camel as “Askar”. When Aisha heard the name; trembled and whispered “Inna Lillahi wa Inna ilayhi raji’un (We indeed belong to Allah, and we indeed toward Him are returning)” and said: “Take this camel away, I don’t need it”. When her army asked the reason, she said that the Prophet (PBUH) had told her the name of this camel and advised her not to ride it. Then ordered to find another camel for her.

People looked for, but could not find another camel, able to carry her litter; so changed the appearance of the camel and brought it back. They told Aisha: “We brought a stronger camel for you”; then she became satisfied and accepted it.

After mentioning this event, Ibn Abi’l-Hadid quotes another event from Abu-Mikhnaf that on the way to Basra (for the battle), Aisha and her army arrived at a village called “Hawab”; the dogs of Hawab were barking at their army, in such a way that their camels stampeded. A person from her army said: “Hawab has so many dogs and they make a lot of sounds’. Aisha stopped her camel and said: ‘Is this place Hawab and are these the dogs of Hawab barking?

Return me right now; the Prophet told me to beware the day that the dogs of Hawab are around me and barking loudly!’ At that moment, in order to dissuade her of return, someone said: ‘God bless you; it’s a while since we have passed Hawab.’ Aisha said: ‘do you have any witnesses?’; then they gathered 50 Bedouins and bribed them to testify that the place was not Hawab and they had passed it; then Aisha accepted it and continued toward Basra.

(3) The manner of Imam Ali (PBUH), before the battle In order to prevent the war, ImamAli (PBUH) sent more than 10 messengers and letters to the opposing army.