[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent a military expedition and appointed Ali as their leader. Ali went with the expedition and encountered a slave girl. The companions of the Messenger of Allah criticized him for that, so four of them made a pact and said that when they meet the Messenger of Allah, they will inform him of what Ali had done. Imran said, "When Muslims return from a journey, they first greet the Messenger of Allah, then they disperse." When the expedition returned, they greeted the Messenger of Allah and one of the four stood up and said, "O Messenger of Allah, didn't you see what Ali did?" The Messenger turned away from him. Then another one of them stood up and said the same thing, and the Messenger turned away from him as well. Then the third one stood up and said the same thing, and the Messenger turned away from him too. Finally, the fourth one stood up and said the same thing, so the Messenger of Allah turned towards him. The anger could be seen on his face as he said, "What do you want from Ali? He is from me and I am from him, and he is the guardian of every believer after me."
بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَرِيَّةً فَاسْتَعْمَلَ عَلَيْهِمُ عَلِيًّا فَمَضَى عَلَى السَّرِيَّةِ فَأَصَابَ عَلِيٌّ جَارِيَةً فَأَنْكَرُوا ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِ فَتَعَاقَدَ أَرْبَعَةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالُوا إِذَا لَقِينَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَخْبَرْنَاهُ بِمَا صَنَعَ قَالَ عِمْرَانُ وَكَانَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ إِذَا قَدِمُوا مِنْ سَفَرٍ بَدَأُوا بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَسَلَّمُوا عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفُوا فَلَمَّا قَدِمَتِ السَّرِيَّةُ سَلَّمُوا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَامَ أَحَدُ الْأَرْبَعَةِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ عَلِيًّا صَنَعَ كَذَا وَكَذَا؟ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ ثُمَّ قَامَ آخَرُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ عَلِيًّا صَنَعَ كَذَا وَكَذَا؟ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ ثُمَّ قَامَ آخَرُ مِنْهُمْ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ عَلِيًّا صَنَعَ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ ثُمَّ قَامَ الرَّابِعُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ عَلِيًّا صَنَعَ كَذَا وَكَذَا؟ فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُعْرَفُ الْغَضَبُ فِي وَجْهِهِ فَقَالَ «مَاذَا تُرِيدُونَ مِنْ عَلِيٍّ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ إِنَّ عَلِيًّا مِنِّي وَأَنَا مِنْهُ وَهُوَ وَلِيُّ كُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ بَعْدِي»