[Machine] "We were sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , when a disguised man passed by. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'There will be a group of people and differences among them, and this (man) and his companions will be upon the truth.' Ka'b said, 'I recognized him and kept looking at him until I knew him. We used to ask Ka'b about this man, but he refused to inform us. Then Ka'b went with Ali to Kufa, and he did not return until he died. It was as if we knew that this man was Ali.  

كُنَّا جُلُوسًا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَمَرَّ بِنَا رَجُلٌ مُتَقَنِّعٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يَكُونُ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ فُرْقَةٌ وَاخْتِلَافٌ فَيَكُونُ هَذَا وَأَصْحَابُهُ عَلَى الْحَقِّ» قَالَ كَعْبٌ فَأَدْرَكْتُهُ فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهِ حَتَّى عَرَفْتُهُ وَكُنَّا نَسْأَلُ كَعْبًا مَنِ الرَّجُلُ؟ فَيَأْبَى يُخْبِرَنَا حَتَّى خَرَجَ كَعْبٌ مَعَ عَلِيٍّ إِلَى الْكُوفَةِ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ حَتَّى مَاتَ فَكَأَنَّا أَنْ عَرَفْنَا أَنَّ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ