Ali asking him for a permission to go to Mecca...

Ali asking him for a permission to go to Mecca, saying: - Do you permit us, O Commander of the faithful? -Where? -We want (to go to Mecca to perform) al-‘Umra (minor hajj). The Imam looked at them for a while. He understood the hidden things in their souls and said to them: “By Allah, you do not want (to go to Mecca to perform) al-‘Umra!

Rather you want to betray me and break the allegiance!” They took a strong oath that they would not break the pledge of allegiance, and that they would perform the minor hajj in the Mecca. They knew that they took a false oath but they found no way to reach their…