[Machine] I accompanied Ali until he reached Kufa. He climbed the pulpit and praised and thanked God. Then he said, "How would you react when the progeny of your prophet resides among you?" They said, "We would show them noble treatment," so he said, "By the one in whose hand my life is, they will come among you and you will fight alongside them and kill them." Then he continued saying...  

صَحِبْتُ عَلِيًّا ؓ حَتَّى أَتَى الْكُوفَةَ فَصَعِدَ الْمِنْبَرَ فَحَمِدَ اللهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «كَيْفَ أَنْتُمْ إِذَا نَزَلَ بِذُرِّيَّةِ نَبِيِّكُمْ بَيْنَ ظَهْرَانَيْكُمْ؟» قَالُوا إِذًا نُبْلِيَ اللهَ فِيهِمْ بَلَاءً حَسَنًا فَقَالَ «وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَيَنْزِلُنَّ بَيْنَ ظَهْرَانَيْكُمْ ولَتَخْرُجُنَّ إِلَيْهِمْ فَلَتَقْتُلُنَّهُمْ» ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ يَقُولُ