Ali Ibn Abi Talib - Volume 2 of 2

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truth connected to him wherever he goes," this is something that is
attributed falsely to the Prophet (s).~~'
There was a good reason for the speech given by the Prophet
(g) at Ghadeer Khumm. It was narrated that: 'The Prophet (g) sent
'Ali to Kh%d ibn al-Waleed in Yemen to work out the one-fifth of
the booty and take it. When he had worked out the one-fifth of the
booty, there was a slave woman among the one-fifth who was the
best of the female captives and had ended up being counted as part of
the one-fifth. Then 'Ali (&) came out with his head covered, and he
had done ghnsl. They askid him about that, and he told them that the
slave woman who had been among the prisoners had become his, and
he had been intimate with her. Some of them objected to that, and
Buraydah ibn al-Husayb brought the letter of Khilid to the Prophet
(gg). Buraydah was one of those who did not like 'Ali (&), and he
confirmed the contents of KhZlid's letter, which referred to what 'Ali
(4) had done. The Prophet (s) said: 'Do not hate him, for he has
more right to the one-fifth than that."'5"
When the Farewell Pilgrimage took place, 'Ali (&) returned
from Yemen to join the hajj and brought the sacrificial animals with
him.523 He appointed one of his companions to be in charge of the
troops, and he hastened to meet the Messenger (g) in Makkah. That
man gave the troops some garments that 'Ali (&)had, and when the
army drew close to Makkah, 'Ali (&) went out to meet them and
saw them wearing those suits. He said to his deputy: 'Woe to you,
what is this?" He said: "I clothed them like this today so that they
would look good when they came to the people." 'Ali said: "Woe to
you, take them off before you meet the Messenger (g)." So the
deputy took away the suits and put them with the rest of the garments,
and the army started to complain about what 'ALi (&) had done to
them.524 When the people complained about 'Ali (&I, the
Messenger of AUah (g) stood up to address them. Ibn Katheer said: