But for me...

But for me, none could see that these men whose foreheads bear clots as evidence of excessive worship, who are faithful and formalists and pretend to be serving the cause of Islam, are in fact an obstacle in the way of its progress, and are its real enemies and none could wage war against them and shed their blood. I alone have done it. All's policy provided justification for the caliphs and the rulers to come to fight against and shed the blood of the Kharijites.

The Islamic soldiers also unhesitatingly followed the commands, because Ali had fought against them. In fact…