Ali Ibn Abi Talib - Volume 2 of 2

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to leave until he had sworn allegiance to 'Ali (&).293 Marwh (&)
praised the actions of Amir al-Mu'mineen 'Ali (&), telling his son
al-Hasan: "I have never seen anyone more generous in victory than
your father. As soon as we began to flee on the day of the Camel, his
caller called out: 'Do not finish off anyone who is wounded, do not
pursue anyone who is fleeing."'294
Thus the people of Basra swore allegiance to Amir al-
Mu'mineen 'Ali (&). He appointed his nephew Abdullah ibn
'Abbis (&) as their governor and Ziyid ibn Abeebi in charge of the
land tax. 'Ali (&) wanted to stay there longer, but he hastened to
leave because of M2ik (&Ashtar). Al-Ashtar had been hoping to
become governor of Basra; when he found out that Ibn 'Abbis had
been appointed to the post, he became angry and left with his people.
'Ali (&) .. was afraid that he might cause trouble, so he went quickly
with the remainder of his army and caught up with him. 'Ali (&)
reprimanded for leaving, but be pretended that he had not heard
anything else about him.z95
1.6.9. The hadith of Abu Bakrah from the
Messenger of Allah (g): "If two Muslims
face one another with swords, then the
slayer and the slain will be in hell 7,296
Al-Qurtubi said: "Our scholars said that this hadith, the hadith
of Abu Bakrah, is not speaking about the Companions of the Prophet
(g) because Allah (&) says: 4If two parties among the Believers fall
into a quarrel, make ye peace between them: but if one of them
transgresses beyond bounds against the other, then fight ye [all]
against the one that transgresses until it complies with the command
of Allah, but if it complies, then make peace between them with
justice, and be fair: for Allah loves those who are fair [and just]. The
Believers are but a single Brotherhood: So make peace and