353. Yahya, from Abdulah Bin Muskaan, from Zureys who said:

The people disputed in the presence of Abu Ja’far . So some of them said, ‘The wars fought by Ali were (against a people) more evil than the wars fought by the Rasool Allah ﷺ, and some of them said, ‘The wars fought by the Rasool Allah ﷺ were (against a people) more evil than the wars fought by Ali ’. He (the narrator) said, ‘So Abu Ja’far listened to them and said: ‘What are you all saying?’ So they said, ‘May Allah (azwj) keep you well, we are disputing with regards to the wars of the Rasool Allah ﷺ and the wars of Ali . Some of us are saying that the wars of Ali were (against a people) more evil than the wars fought by the Rasool Allah ﷺ, whilst some of us are saying that the wars fought by the Messenger ﷺ were (against a people) more evil than the wars fought by Ali ’. So Abu Ja’far said: ‘No! But, the wars of Ali were (against a people) more evil than the wars of the Rasool Allah ﷺ’. So I said to him , ‘May I be sacrificed for you , the wars of Ali were (against a people) more evil than the wars of the Rasool Allah ﷺ?’ He said: ‘Yes, and I shall inform you about that. The Messenger ﷺ fought wars (against a people) who did not accept Al-Islam, and that the wars of Ali were (against a people) who accepted Al-Islam, then fought against him ’.