Al-Khiṣāl - Part 4: On Four-Numbered Characteristics

Al-Khiṣāl - Part 4: On Four-Numbered Characteristics Chapter: Imam Ali Had Four Characteristics Whenever He Went to a Battle 4-42 حدثنا أبي رضي الله عنه قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله قال: حدثنا ٠د ابن الحسين بن أبي الخطاب، عن ٠ر، عن جابر بن يزيد الجعفي، عن أبي الزبير ال٠كي، عن جابر بن عبد الله الانصاري قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله:والذي نفسي بيده ٠ا وجهت عليا قط في سرية إلا ونظرت إلى جبرئيل عليه السلا٠يكائيل عن يساره في سبعين ألفا ٠ه، وإلى سحابة تظله حتى يرزق حسن الظفر 4-42 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Sa’ed ibn Abdullah quoted Muhammad ibn al-Hussein ibn Abil Khat’tab, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Sin’an, on the authority of Al-Mufaz’zal ibn Umar, on the authority of Jabir ibn Yazid al-Jo’afy, on the authority of Abil Zubayr (Muhammad ibn Muslim ibn Tadras Al-Asady) al-Macci, on the authority of Jabir ibn Abdullah al-Ansari that God’s Prophet (MGB) said, “I swear by Him in whose Hands is my soul that whenever I sent Ali to a battle I saw Gabriel along with seventy-thousand angels on his right side and Michael with seventy-thousand angels on his left side.

I also saw that the angel of death (Israel) was in front of him and there was a cloud shadowing over his head all the way until he became victorious.”