The Traditions of Prophet-saww
كا، الكافي الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْوَشَّاءِ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ الثُّمَالِيِّ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِعَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ ع إِنَّ عَلِيّاً ع سَارَ فِي أَهْلِ الْقِبْلَةِ بِخِلَافِ سِيرَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فِي أَهْلِ الشِّرْكِ
(The book) ‘Al Kafi’ – Al Husayn Bin Muhammad Al Ashary, from Moalla Bin Muhammad, from Al Washa, from Aban Bin Usman, from Abu Hamza Al Sumali who said,
‘I said to Ali-asws Bin Al-Husayn-asws, ‘Ali-asws dealt with among the people of the Qiblah (Muslims) opposite to ‘سِيرَةِ’ the manner of Rasool-Allah-saww among the people of Shirk (Polytheists)’.
قَالَ فَغَضِبَ ثُمَّ جَلَسَ ثُمَّ قَالَ سَارَ فِيهِمْ وَ اللَّهِ بِسِيرَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص يَوْمَ الْفَتْحِ إِنَّ عَلِيّاً كَتَبَ إِلَى مَالِكٍ وَ هُوَ عَلَى مُقَدِّمَتِهِ يَوْمَ الْبَصْرَةِ بِأَنْ لَا يَطْعُنَ فِي غَيْرِ مُقْبِلٍ وَ لَا يَقْتُلَ مُدْبِراً وَ لَا يُجْهِزَ عَلَى جَرِيحٍ وَ مَنْ أَغْلَقَ بَابَهُ فَهُوَ آمِنٌ
‘He-asws was angered, then sat up, then said: ‘By Allah-azwj he-asws had dealt with them in the very manner of Rasool-Allah-azwj on the day of the conquest (of Makkah). Ali-asws wrote to Malik, and he was (a commander) upon his-asws front-men on the day of Al-Basra with (orders) that he should neither stab (anyone) other than the one facing (him), nor kill one turning around, nor attack upon the injured, and the one who locks his door, so he (remains) safe.
فَأَخَذَ الْكِتَابَ فَوَضَعَهُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ عَلَى الْقَرَبُوسِ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ يَقْرَأَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ اقْتُلُوا فَقَتَلَهُمْ حَتَّى أَدْخَلَهُمْ سِكَكَ الْبَصْرَةِ ثُمَّ فَتَحَ الْكِتَابَ فَقَرَأَهُ ثُمَّ أَمَرَ مُنَادِياً فَنَادَى بِمَا فِي الْكِتَابِ
(Malik) took the letter and placed it in front of him upon the saddlebow from before he read it, then said, ‘Kill!’ They killed (the people) until he entered the markets of Al-Basra. Then he opened the letter and read it, then he instructed a caller to call out with what was in the letter’’.[1]
[1] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 32, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 3 H 164