Hazrat Ali's (ra) Non-Compliance in his Martyrdom
Rib‘ee bin Hirash narrates:
“I was sat next to Hazrat Ali (ra) when Imran bin Talha came to see him. He greeted Hazrat Ali (ra) with the Islamic greeting, to which Hazrat Ali (ra) replied: ‘Marhaba, Imran bin Talha, Marhaba’. Imran bin Talha said: ‘O Leader of the Faithful! You greet me with the words “Marhaba” [Welcome] however you killed my father and took my wealth.’ Hazrat Ali (ra) replied, ‘Your [share of that] wealth has been allocated for you and is in Bait-ul-Maal [treasury]. Kindly take it in the morning.’”
In another narration, it is stated that Hazrat Ali (ra) said, “I took that wealth under my control lest other people usurp it. As for your statement that I killed your father, then I am certain that your father and I would be counted amongst those people regarding whom God Almighty stated:
وَ نَزَعْنَا مَا فِیْ صُدُوْرِہِمْ مِّنْ غِلٍّ اِخْوَانًا عَلٰى سُرُرٍ مُّتَقٰبِلِیْنَ
‘And We shall remove whatever rancour may be in their hearts so that they will become as brothers seated on thrones, facing one another. (Surah al-Hijr, Ch.15: V.48)’”
(al-Tabqat al-Kubra Li Ibn Sa‘d, Vol. 3, p. 169, Dar-ul-Kutub al-Illmiyyah, Beirut, 1990)
Muhammad Ansari narrates on the authority of his father that on the day of the Battle of the Camel [Jang-e-Jamal], an individual came to Hazrat Ali (ra) and asked if the one who had killed Talha had permission to enter [to see him]? The narrator states, “I heard Hazrat Ali (ra) say: ‘Inform him (i.e., the killer) that he shall be cast into hell.’”
(al-Tabqat al-Kubra Li Ibn Sa‘d, Vol. 3, p. 169, Dar-ul-Kutub al-Illmiyyah, Beirut, 1990)