Ali Ibn Abi Talib - Volume 2 of 2

616 'Ali's attitude towards the Kharijites and Shia
'Ali?" Ibn Maljam said: "I will lie in wait for him in the mosque, then
when he comes to pray the dawn prayer, we will attack him and kill
him. If we survive, then we will be happy and will have gotten
revenge; if we are killed, then that which is with Allah is better than
this world and everything in it." Shabeeb said: "Woe to you, if it was
someone other than 'Ali, it would be more bearable to me. You know
the sacrifices he made for Islam and that he was one of the first to
stand with the Prophet (g). I do not feel comfortable with the idea of
killing him." lbn Maljam said: "Do you not know that he killed the
people of Nahrawin, the righteous slaves of Allah?' Shabeeb said:
"Yes." Ibn Maljam said: "Then we should kill him in revenge for
those of our brethren whom he slew." Then Shabeeb agreed.
Then they went to Quth, who was observing i'tikiif in the
Great Mosque, and said to her: "We have agreed to kill 'Ali." She
said: "If you want, you may come to me." Ibn Maljam went back to
her on the night before Friday, the night before the morning on which
'Ali was killed in 40 AH. He said: "This is the night on which I
agreed with nly two companions that each of us would kill his
target." She brought silk bands and tied them around their chests,
then they took their swords and sat opposite the door from which 'Ali
would come out. When he came out, Shabeeb struck him with his
sword, but his sword hit the jamb of the door or a small window. Ibn
Maljam struck him on the head with his sword. Wardin ran away and
entered his house, and a man of his father's tribe entered upon him as
he was taking the silk band from his chest. He asked: "What is this
silk and sword?" They told him what had happened, and he left, then
he came back with his sword, pounced on Wardin and killed him.
Shabeeb went out towards the gates of Kindah before dawn. A
man from Hadramawt, whose name was 'Uwaymir, caught up with
him, and Shabeeb still had his sword in his hand. Shabeeb grabbed
the Ha&ami man and threw him to the gronnd. When he saw the