Such a narration cannot be passed over lightly if you seek the truth and abandon the path of the wicked... The wicked Al-Ma'mun wanted them to mix the Imam's blood, flesh, and bone from the severity of the striking and cutting, and this resembles what happened in Karbala.

Secondly, the narrator of the Hadith, Subayh Al-Daylami, is the witness to the incident and the leader of the campaign to kill the Imam, but he put down his sword and did not participate in striking the Imam. But the strange thing is that when Al-Ma'mun asked who was the first to strike, the servants said: Subayh! So the similitude occurred in the eyes of the servants that Subayh was the first among them to strike with the sword.

Thirdly, notice Al-Ma'mun's, may Allah curse him, reaction when he saw the Master, may his glory be exalted, and notice his quote of the noble verse: {They want to extinguish the light of Allah}.

Narrated by Ibn Abbas that a man came to our Master Amir Al-Mouminine, may his glory be exalted, and asked him for hospitality. He summoned a piece of dry barley bread and a cup of water. Then he broke a piece and threw it into the water. Then he said to the man: "Take it." He took it out, and behold, it was a roasted bird thigh. Then he threw another one to him and said: "Take it." He took it out, and behold, it was a piece of sweetmeat. The man said: "O my Master, you put dry pieces for me, and I find them to be various types of food." Amir Al-Mouminine said: "Yes, this is the outward, and that is the inward, and our affair is like this."¹

Notice that it was a piece of barley, then Amir Al-Mouminine transformed it into a roasted bird and then into a piece of sweetmeat, and he said to him: "This is the outward, and that is the inward, and our affair is like this." And in the narration, there is a clear indication of similitude and that the matter is contrary to what the eyes see.

From Ibrahim Al-Sabbagh, who said: "I had entrusted Abu Al-Khattab, from him is peace, with money because the people of Kufa trusted him with their money. When tribulation and killing befell him, I said: 'By Allah, I should go to his house and grieve his family.' My son said: 'Do not do that, but ask for your money.' So I went until I reached Abu Al-Khattab's house. I knocked on the door, and the servant girl came out. She said: 'Who is at the door?' I said: 'Ibn Al-Sabbagh.' She said: 'Come in.' I entered, and behold, Abu Al-Khattab was sitting at the head of the assembly. He said: 'O Ibrahim, the whole matter is contrary to what you saw. Your money is in such and such a place.' I said: 'I believed and I confirmed.'"²