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O Ammar! After me, there shall come a heresy. When that occurs, you should followAli and his party. He is being with the right, and the right is being with him.O Ammar! After me, you shall be fighting with Ali two categories of people; thebreachers and the deviants. Then, the despotic party will kill you.”“O God’s messenger!” I asked, “Will that be for the satisfaction of God and yours?”“Yes, it will be for the satisfaction of God and mine. The last meal you will have inthis world shall be a drink of milk,” predicted the Prophet.On the day of battle of Siffine, Ammar Bin Yasir came to Ali Amirul-Muminin, andasked his permitting him to fight. “Slow down, God may be merciful to you!”answered Ali. An hour later, Ammar came and repeated the same demand. Alianswered him the same answer. In the third time, Amirul Muminin wept and said, “Itis the day the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) had described to me.”Hence, Ali (peace be upon him) rode off his pack animal, hanged Ammar and sawhim off. He then said, “O Abul-Yaqdan! God reward you excellently for yourdefending God and His Apostle. You have been the best brother and the bestacquaintance.” Ali and Ammar wept for a while. “O Amirul Muminin!” wordedAmmar, “By God I swear, I followed you due to my being certain. I heard theProphet (peace be upon him and his family) address at me on the day of Kheibar, ‘OAmmar! After me, there shall be a heresy. You should follow Ali and his party. He isbeing with the right and the right is being with him. You will be fighting thebreachers and the deviants.’ O Amirul-Mumminin! May God reward you excellentlyfor your defending Islam. You have truly consummated, conveyed and advised.”Ammar then went to the battlefield. He asked for some water. A man from Ansargave him a drink of milk since they had no water. As he drank it, Ammar shouted,“This is the prediction of the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) to me. Hetold that my last drink in this world would be a drink of milk.”He attacked the enemies and could kill eighteen persons. Two Syrian men faced himand could stab him. He was killed.That night, Amirul-Muminin (peace be upon him) passed by the casualties of thebattle. He found Ammar’s body among them. He took his head and placed it on histhigh and wept. He then cited a couple of verses in which he expressed his grief forthe departure of his dear people.On page 180, Title: Narratives of Ummu Salama, the writer records:… Seddad Bin Aws: On the battle of Jamal, I decided not to join any of the twoparties. To the midday, I did not participate in the fighting. That afternoon, the Lordinspired my heart to fight with Ali. Therefore, I fought in his lines till the end of thebattle. When I was back in Al-Madina, I visited Ummu Salama. “From where haveyou come?” asked she. “From Basra,” I answered. “Which party did you join?” sheasked. “O Ummul-Muminin!” I expressed, “I retired the fighting for half a day.Then, the Lord inspired me to fight with Ali.”“You have done the very right thing,” she praised, and added, “I heard the Prophet(peace be upon him and his family) state, ‘He is fighting me that whoever fights Ali.And he is fighting the Lord that whoever fights me.’”“You see that Ali is the right, do you not?” I asked. “Yes, by God,” she affirmed,“Ali is being with the right and the right is being with him. By God I swear,Mohammed’s nation did violate their prophet when they preceded those whom aredetained by the Lord and His Apostle, and detained those whom are preceded by theLord and His Apostle. They kept their harem in their houses and took out the