And he said:

“O Allah, I have indeed (1) grown old, and my subjects are spread far and wide. Take me unto Yourself without my being led astray or neglecting my duties.”

He died that same year (2).

There are very many such examples. Ibn Abī al-Dunyā compiled a book on “Those Whose Supplications Are Answered” (3). Yet no chain of transmission has been supplied for these accounts about ʿAlī, so accepting them depends on establishing their authenticity. Moreover, some of them are undoubtedly false, such as the claim that he prayed for Anas to be afflicted with white patches on his skin, and for Zayd ibn Arqam to be afflicted with blindness.

[Section: The Rāfidī’s statement, “Seventh: When he set out for Siffīn, his companions suffered severe thirst,” and the response to him]

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The Rāfidī (rejectionist) said (4): “Seventh: When he set out for Siffīn, his companions suffered severe thirst. He led them a little way off their route, and a monastery came into view. They called out to its inhabitant and asked him about water. He said:

‘The water is more than two parasangs away from me. Were it not that I am brought enough (5) each month to sustain me if I use it sparingly, I would have died of thirst.’