The Peak of Eloquence · Hadith 840 (#Passage #1)

ومن كلام له (عليه السلام) وَقَدْ أَرْسَلَ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ يَعْلَمُ لَهُ عِلْمَ أَحْوَالِ قَوْمٍ مِنْ جُنْدِ الْكُوفَةِ قَدْ هَمُّوا بِاللِّحَاقِ بِالْخَوَارِجِ، وَكَانُوا عَلَى خَوْفٍ مِنْهُ (عليه السلام)، فَلَمَّا عَادَ إِلَيْهِ الرَّجُلُ قَالَ لَهُ: أَ أَمِنُوا فَقَطَنُوا أَمْ جَبَنُوا فَظَعَنُوا؟ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ بَلْ ظَعَنُوا يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ۔ فَقَالَ (عليه السلام) :

Amīr al-mu’minīn sent one of his men to bring him news about a group of the army of Kūfah who had decided to join the Khārijites but were afraid of him. [1] When the man came back Amīr al-mu’minīn said to him: “Are they satisfied and staying or feeling weak and going astray?” The man replied, “They have gone away, O’ Amīr al-mu’minīn.” Then Amīr al-mu’minīn said:

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).