As for the revival of the dead, go out, O Ali, to the outskirts of Medina and revive for them one of the dead." Our Master—exalted be his glory—went out to the outskirts of Medina with them and the Emigrants and Helpers. He revived Adi ibn Zayd, the nephew of Qays ibn Sa’ida.

The three men said: "You! You are He, O Amir Almuminin!" He came to the Prophet and informed him. The Prophet—exalted be his glory—said to them: "God has heard your speech and I am a witness over you. Repent of these words." They refused, so he ordered them to be burned, and they were burned.

(267) My sheikh narrated to me from his sheikh Abu al-Hassan Ali ibn Abd Allah al-Muqri, from his father Abu Ishaq Ibrahim al-Rifa'i, from his lord al-Khasibi—may God ennoble his station—reaching al-Asbagh ibn Nubata—peace be upon him—who said: I was sitting with my Master Amir Almuminin—exalted be his glory—in Kufa when two men entered seeking judgment. One said: "O Amir Almuminin, judge between us with equality and be just in this case." He judged between them with equality, but the one against whom he judged said: "You have been unjust to me, O my Master, O Amir Almuminin," saying it thrice. Al-Asbagh said: I saw our Master move his lips with words I did not understand. Suddenly, the man became a dog, fawning and wagging his tail. The man’s companion wept before our Master Amir Almuminin—exalted be his glory. I said: "O my Master, two men enter as equal humans, yet they leave You and one has become a dog?" He spoke a second time with something I did not understand, and the dog returned to being a human, a normal man as he was. Our Master—exalted be his glory—said to him: "Take your companion's hand and go about your business." They departed. Al-Asbagh ibn Nubata—peace be upon him—said: I said: "O my Master, You possess this power yet Mu'awiya fights You?" He replied: "Hush, O Asbagh! Had I stretched this short hand of mine into your long cities, I would have brought Mu'awiya here."