This view is not...

This view is not, of course, acceptable and correct Shi'ah narration interprets the incident differently. (A'lam-al-wara 160, and Safinat al-bihar 1/l21). Muslim in al-Jami' as-sahih 7/124, and al-Bukhari with a slight alteration in the book of as- Salat 2/199, and Irshad as-sari 6/112, and Sunan of al-Bayhaqi 2/446. shall never abuse him, since those words of the Prophet are more precious to me than the best property of the Arab people, namely; red-haired camels!

When the Prophet decided not to let 'Ali accompany him in one of the wars (battle of Tabuk), and left him in charge of the city of Medina against the malicious deeds of hypocrites, 'Ali came to the Prophet with tearful eyes and said: 'O Prophet of God!

Are you leaving me amidst women and children, and depriving me of keeping your company in this war?' I heard the Prophet say to him: 'Are you not glad that your relation to me is like the relation of Aaron to Moses, except that there will come no Prophet after me?' Another time I heard the Prophet say on the day of the battle of Khaybar: 'I will entrust this banner to a man who loves God and His Prophet, and is loved by God and his Prophet.' We all stretched our necks and looked eagerly at the Prophet to see who is meant.

The Prophet said: 'Bring 'Ali to me.' They found and brought him to the Prophet, while he was suffering from a painful eye- ache. The Prophet touched his painful eye with the saliva of his own mouth. Then he handed him the banner, with the result that God granted us victory on that day.

I remember also that at this time the following verse descended: 'Then say: Come let us call our sons and your sons, and our women and your women and our near people and your near people...' 376 The Prophet summoned 'Ali, Fatimah, al-Hasan and al-Husayn, and said: 'This is my household!' "377 al-Mas'udi quotes the story of this meeting from at-Tabari as follows: When Mu'awiyah had come on pilgrimage to Mecca, he went with Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas to circumambulate the House of God, and after that ceremony he visited Dar an-Nudwah, the gathering place of the Quraysh dignitaries in Pagan times, and let Sa'd sit by him.

Then he began to insult and abuse the Imam. Sa'd was greatly vexed at this conduct of Mu'awiyah and stood-up, saying: "You are seating me in your place and engage in abusing such a man as 'Ali?