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He was asked about someone who said that Alī fought the jinn in the well, and that he charged twelve thousand men and defeated them.
He replied:
No Companion ever charged twelve thousand or ten thousand men single-handedly—neither Alī nor anyone else. Rather, the largest force assembled against the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was the Confederates who besieged him at the Trench. They numbered approximately that many, and Alī killed a man from among them named “Amr ibn Abd Wudd al-Āmirī”.
No human has fought the jinn—neither Alī nor anyone else. Indeed, Alī was of too high a standing for that. The jinn who follow the Companions fight the disbelieving jinn; they do not need the Companions to fight alongside them.
سُئِلَ:
عَمَّنْ قَالَ:
إنَّ عَلِيًّا قَاتَلَ الْجِنَّ فِي الْبِئْرِ؟ وَأَنَّهُ حَمَلَ عَلَى اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ أَلْفًا وَهَزَمَهُمْ؟ .
فَأَجَابَ:
لَمْ يَحْمِلْ أَحَدٌ مِنْ الصَّحَابَةِ وَحْدَهُ لَا فِي اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ أَلْفًا وَلَا فِي عَشَرَةِ آلَافٍ لَا عَلِيٌّ وَلَا غَيْرُهُ؛ بَلْ أَكْثَرُ عَدَدٍ اجْتَمَعَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ هَمّ الْأَحْزَابُ الَّذِينَ حَاصَرُوهُ بِالْخَنْدَقِ وَكَانُوا قَرِيبًا مِنْ هَذِهِ الْعُدَّةِ وَقَتَلَ عَلِيٌّ رَجُلًا مِنْ الْأَحْزَابِ اسْمُهُ
" عَمْرُو بْنُ عَبْدِ وُدٍّ الْعَامِرِيُّ "
. وَلَمْ يُقَاتِلْ أَحَدٌ مِنْ الْإِنْسِ لِلْجِنِّ لَا عَلِيٌّ وَلَا غَيْرُهُ بَلْ عَلِيٌّ كَانَ أَجَلَّ قَدْرًا مِنْ ذَلِكَ وَالْجِنُّ الَّذِينَ يَتَّبِعُونَ الصَّحَابَةَ يُقَاتِلُونَ كُفَّارَ الْجِنِّ لَا يَحْتَاجُونَ فِي ذَلِكَ إلَى قِتَالِ الصَّحَابَةِ مَعَهُمْ.