Ahmad b. al-Hasan al-Qattan narrated to us. He said: al-`Abbas b. al-Fadl al-Muqri’ narrated to us. He said: Abu’l Hasan `Ali b. al-Furat al-Isfahani narrated to us. He said: Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Basri narrated to us. He said: Jundal b. Waliq narrated to us. He said: `Ali b. Hammad narrated to us from Sa`id from Ibn `Abbas.

He passed by a gathering of Quraysh that was insulting `Ali b. Abi Talib , so he said to his guide: What are these people saying? He said: They are insulting `Ali. He said: Bring me closer to them. When he reached them, he said: Did you insult Allah? They said: May Allah be glorified! Whoever insults Allah has associated partners with Allah. He said: Then, did you insult the Messenger of Allah (s)? They said: Whoever insults the Messenger of Allah has disbelieved. He said: Then, did you insult `Ali b. Abi Talib ? They said: This is what happened. He said: I testify by Allah and I testify for Allah that I heard the Messenger of Allah (s) say: “Whoever insults `Ali has insulted me, and whoever insults me has insulted Allah.” Then, he went. So, he said to his guide: Did they say anything when I said what I said to them? He said: They did not say anything. He said: Did you see [the expressions on] their faces? He said: They looked at you with reddened eyes, as a goat looks to the knife of a butcher. He said: Explain further for me, may your father be your sacrifice. He said: The eyes squinted and the brows furrowed, the ears lowered in humiliation – it was the look of a servile man to a glorious and dominant man. He said: Explain further for me, may your father be your sacrifice. He said: I have nothing except this. He said: Rather, to me, their living ones are a humiliation for their dead ones, and their dead ones are a shame for the ancients.