“A renegade faction will break away at a time of division among the Muslims, and the one of the two parties closer to the truth will kill them.” (1)

He also said:

“This son of mine is a leader, and through him Allah will reconcile two great groups of Muslims.” (2)

And he said to Ammār:

“The rebellious faction will kill you.” (3)

He did not say, “the unbelieving faction.”

These hadiths are authentic according to the scholars (4) of hadith. They have been transmitted through various chains whose narrators did not take them from one another. This entails certain knowledge of their content.

The Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—stated that the two opposing parties were both Muslim, and he praised the one through whom Allah would reconcile them. And [indeed] he stated (5) that a renegade faction would break away and that the one of the two parties nearer (6) to the truth would kill it.

Then these Rāfidah are to be told: If the Nawāsib (7) were to say to you: Ali deemed the blood of the Muslims lawful and fought them, without any command from Allah or His Messenger, for the sake of his own leadership. Yet the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said:

“Reviling a Muslim is wickedness, and fighting him is unbelief.” (8)

And he said: