A Prophecy of his Martyrdom

According to the narration of Abu Sinan, he went to visit Hazrat Ali (ra) after he was wounded. He states, “I said, ‘O Amirul Momineen [Leader of the Faithful]! We are very concerned to see you in this wounded state.” Hazrat Ali (ra) replied, “By God, I am not concerned at all, because the Truthful Messenger (sa) of Allah informed me that I would sustain wounds in this particular place” and he then pointed to his temples. Hazrat Ali (ra) then stated, “… and the Holy Prophet (sa) had also stated that ‘blood will flow from here until your beard will be filled with its colour and the one who does this to you will be the worst and most wretched of people of this Ummah, just as the one who hamstrung the she-camel was the most wretched from among the people of Thamud.’”

(Hakim al-Nishapuri, Al-Mustadrak ala al-Sahihain, Vol. 3, Hadith 4648 (Beirut, Lebanon: Dar al-Fikr, 2002), p. 327)