Abū Bakr Abd Allāh ibn Muhammad ibn Abd al-Hamīd al-Wāsitī also narrated to us, saying: Fadl ibn Sahl al-Araj narrated to us, saying: Shabāba ibn Sawwār narrated to us, from Khārija ibn Musab, from Sallām ibn Abī al-Qāsim, from Uthmān ibn Abī Uthmān, who said:
Some Shiites came to Alī ibn Abī Tālib—may Allah be pleased with him—and said, “O Commander of the Faithful, are you He?”
He asked, “Who am I?”
They said, “You are He.”
He said, “Woe to you! Who am I?”
They replied, “You are our Lord.”
He said ⦗2521⦘, “Turn back and repent.” They refused, so he struck off their heads. He then dug a trench for them in the ground and said to Qanbar, “Bring me bundles of firewood.” Qanbar brought them to him, and he burned them with fire. He then said:
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When I saw this matter had become abhorrent,
I kindled a fire and summoned Qanbar.