Hadith No: 3
Al-Bayhaqi - Dalail al-Nubuwwah - Compilation of Chapters on the Military Expeditions of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny)
Chapter on the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) sending Ali ibn Abi Talib (peace be upon him) to the people of Najran
Volume: (5) - Page Number: (394)
- Abu Abd Allah and Abu Sa'id ibn Abi Umr informed us, saying: Abu al-Abbas Muhammad ibn Ya'qub narrated to us, saying: Ahmad ibn Abd al-Jabbar narrated to us, saying: Yunus ibn Bakir narrated to us, from Ibn Ishaq, who said: Aban ibn Salih narrated to us, from Abdullah ibn Niyar al-Aslami, from his maternal uncle, Amr ibn Shas al-Aslami, who was one of the companions of Hudaybiyyah. He said: I was with Ali ibn Abi Talib (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) in the cavalry that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) sent him with to Yemen, and Ali treated me with a slight coldness, so I felt some annoyance towards him. When I arrived in Medina, I complained about him in the gatherings of the city and to those I met. One day, I was approaching while the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) was sitting. When he saw me, he looked into my eyes until I sat down beside him. When I sat down, he said: "By Allah, Amr ibn Shas, you have indeed hurt me." I said: "Indeed, we belong to Allah, and to Him we shall return. I seek refuge in Allah and in Islam from offending the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny)."
He said: "Whoever has wronged Ali has wronged me." Abu al-Husayn ibn al-Fadl al-Qattan informed us, saying: Abdullah ibn Ja'far narrated to us: Ya'qub ibn Sufyan narrated to us: Ahmad ibn Amr and Abu Ja'far narrated to us: Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Mughra narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Ishaq, from Aban ibn Salih, from al-Fadl ibn Ma'qal ibn Sinan, from Abdullah ibn Bayan or Niyar, from his maternal uncle Amr ibn Shas, and he mentioned a meaning similar to that, more elaborate.