Musnad Ahmad — Hadith #45310

Al-Walid bin Al-Qasim bin Al-Walid Al-Hamdani narrated to us, Israel narrated to us, Ibrahim narrated to us, meaning Ibn Abdul-Ala, on the authority of Tariq bin Ziyad, he said, “We went out with Ali to the Kharijites and he killed them. Then he said, ‘Look, for the Prophet of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said Indeed, there will emerge a people who speak the truth, but it will not go beyond their throat. They will depart from the truth just as an arrow emerges from its target. Their mark is that they are among them. A black man with scars on his hand, with black hairs on his hand. If it was him, you have killed the worst of people, and if it was not him, you have killed the best. people, so we cried. Then he said, “Seek,” so we sought, and we found the one who was convulsed, so we fell down in prostration, and Ali fell down with us in prostration, except that he said, “They are talking.” With the word of truth...