[Machine] I and Ali were companions in the Battle of Dhi Al-'Ashirah. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ arrived at the place and stayed there, we saw some people from the tribe of Mudlij working in a date palm grove. Ali said to me, "O Abu Al-Yaqzhan, would you like to go and see what they are doing?" So we went to them and watched their work for a while. Then we felt sleepy and laid down on some palm tree trunks covered with soil. By Allah, only the Messenger of Allah ﷺ woke us up by gently moving us with his foot. We had become dirty with that soil. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me, "O Abu Turab, for the dust that is seen on you." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Shall I inform you about the most wretched men?" We said, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "Al-Ohaymir, the Thamudite who hamstrung the she-camel, and the one who will harm you, O Ali, with this," and he pointed to his head, meaning the horn, "until blood will come out from it," meaning his beard.
كُنْتُ أَنَا وَعَلِيٌّ رَفِيقَيْنِ فِي غَزْوَةِ ذِي الْعَشِيرَةِ فَلَمَّا نَزَلَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَقَامَ بِهَا رَأَيْنَا نَاسًا مِنْ بَنِي مُدْلِجٍ يَعْمَلُونَ فِي عَيْنٍ لَهُمْ فِي نَخْلٍ فَقَالَ لِي عَلِيٌّ يَا أَبَا الْيَقْظَانِ هَلْ لَكَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَ هَؤُلَاءِ فَنَنْظُرَ كَيْفَ يَعْمَلُونَ؟ فَجِئْنَاهُمْ فَنَظَرْنَا إِلَى عَمَلِهِمْ سَاعَةً ثُمَّ غَشِينَا النَّوْمُ فَانْطَلَقْتُ أَنَا وَعَلِيٌّ فَاضْطَجَعْنَا فِي صُورٍ مِنَ النَّخْلِ فِي دَقْعَاءَ مِنَ التُّرَابِ فَنِمْنَا فَوَاللَّهِ مَا أَيْقَظَنَا إِلَّا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُحَرِّكُنَا بِرِجْلِهِ وَقَدْ تَتَرَّبْنَا مِنْ تِلْكَ الدَّقْعَاءِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «يَا أَبَا تُرَابٍ» لِمَا يَرَى عَلَيْهِ مِنَ التُّرَابِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَلَا أُحَدِّثُكُمَا بِأَشْقَى النَّاسِ رَجُلَيْنِ؟» قُلْنَا بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «أُحَيْمِرُ ثَمُودَ الَّذِي عَقَرَ النَّاقَةَ وَالَّذِي يَضُرُّ بِكَ يَا عَلِيُّ عَلَى هَذِهِ يَعْنِي قَرْنَهُ حَتَّى تَبْتَلَّ هَذِهِ مِنَ الدَّمِ يَعْنِي لِحْيَتَهُ »