The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

Chapter Six: Devil's Deception of those from Our Ummah
'The Prophet is more worthy of the believers than themselves,
and his wives are [in the position of] their
mothers .. "
[ai-Af.izab (33): 6]
"And so you are between two ill (conceived) judgments, so, which
of them do you want to take? Have we finished with this point?"
They replied, "Yes."
"As for 'AlI (ratf!JAlldhu 'anhu) removing the title of 'Leader of
Believers', then I will give you something that will please you. Verily,
the Prophet of Allah () contracted an agreement with the disbelievers
of Quraysh on the Day of Hudaybiyyah, and the Prophet
() told 'AII:'Write 0 'AII: This is what MuJ::iammad, the Messenger
of Allah, agrees with .. .' The disbeleivers said: 'If we believed you to
be the Messenger of Allah, we would not have fought you.' So the
Messenger of Allah () said: 0 Allah, indeed You know that I am
Your Messenger. Erase it 'AlI, and write instead: This is what
Mu}:iammad Ibn 'Abdullah agrees upon.' I swear by Allah that Allah's
Messenger () was better than 'AlI and even he erased his own title,
and erasing his title did not erase his Prophethood. Have we finished
with this point?" They said, "Yes."
Eventually two thousand of them came back while the rest of
them rebelled and fought.111
Jundub said: "When the Kharijites parted away from 'AII, he decided
to pursue them, and we joined him. We travelled until we
reached their camp. There were noises like those of bees. Hurqus
111
'Abdu'l-Razzaq in al-Mussannaf. #18678, A}:imad in al-Musnad 1/243 and al­
I:lakim 2/1 50-152.
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