5. Ahmad ibn al-Hasan al-Qittan said: Ahmad ibn Yahya ibn Zakariyya al-Qittan said: Bakr ibn `Abd Allah ibn Hubayb said: `Ali ibn Ziyad said: Marwan ibn Mu`awiyah said, on the authority of al-A`mash, on the authority of Abu Hayyan al-Taymi, on the authority of his father who was with `Ali in the Battle of Siffin and onwards, that

While `Ali ibn Abu Talib was charging the battalions, Mu`awiyah came riding a horse towards him. `Ali was on the horse of the Messenger of Allah called alMurtajiz. He had the spear of the Messenger of Allah in his hand, and his own sword called Dhu al-Fiqar was hanging on his side. One of his companions said “Be careful, O Commander of the Faithful! Verily, we fear that this cursed man may kill you.” Consequently, he replied, Verily, if you had said that he is the most unfaithful and the most hard-hearted. He is the most wretched of the Kharijites due to his opposition to the rightly-guided Imams. Nonetheless, death is sufficient as a guardian. Everyone is protected by angels. They protect people fro falling into a well or a wall falling on them. They prevent people from other evils that may befall them. When the moment of death arrives, these angels guard people from what they are about to experience. I am the same. My death will come at the hands of the most wretched person of this Ummah, and my blood will color this and this. And he indicated his beard and head, saying it was “a well-know covenant and a true promise.” The Compiler of this book says: The tradition is detailed; we have extracted from it the required passage. I have transmitted all of it in the book Al-Dala`l wa al-Mu`jizat.