Abū Bakr Abd Allāh ibn Muhammad ibn Abd al-Hamīd al-Wāsitī also narrated to us, saying: Abū Mūsā Muhammad ibn al-Muthannā narrated to us, saying: Abū Muāwiya narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn Sūqa narrated to us, from Habīb ibn Abī Thābit, from Alī—may Allah be pleased with him—who said: “This nation will split into seventy-odd sects. The worst of them will be people who claim to love us, the Household, while their deeds contradict ours.”

Muhammad ibn al-Husayn—may Allah Most High have mercy on him—said: If someone were to say, “A report has reached me from Alī—may Allah be pleased with him—that he said: ‘Then kill them, for they are polytheists.’ Did Alī—may Allah be pleased with him—or anyone after him actually kill them?” ⦗2520⦘

The reply is: Yes. Alī burned them with fire and dug a trench for them in the ground. He banished some, cautioned others, issued warnings, and threatened them. He was in no way remiss—may Allah be pleased with him—and he disavowed anyone who disavowed Abū Bakr and Umar—may Allah be pleased with them both.