It’s related to punishing whoever deny’s Ali’s (A.S.) guardianship,
after the prevalence of the news of Ghadir Khumn, and designation of al-Imam
Ali as a caliph over the Muslims with the Holy Prophet telling the people:
The attendant should inform absent.When this news reached al-Harith ibn
al-Numan al-Fahri, it displeased him.
So he rushed toward the Messenger of Allah, made his camel kneel down
before the Mosque door, and entered upon the Prophet (pbuh). After saluting
him, he said:"O Muhammed! You ordered us to witness that no God is there but
Allah and you are the Messenger of Allah, and we have accepted this from you.
You also commanded us to perform five prayers day and night, fast the Month
of Ramadan, perform pilgrimage to Allah’s house, and pay the alms-due out of
our money and properties and so we did. But you were not satisfied with all
this, till you one day surprised us with rasing the hand of your cousin;
preferring him over other peope and said: "Of whomever I am a master,“Ali
also is his master.” Is this from you or ordained by Allah?
The Holy Prophet of Allah (pbuh), whose eyes turned red, replied: By
Allah, Who no God is there but He. It is ordained by Allah and not from me!
(repeating it three times)
On standing up, al-Harith said: “O Allah, if what is said by Muhammed
being true, send against us stones from the sky or bring us a painful
doom.”<
BR> Then he (S) said: By Allah, before reaching his camel Allah pelted
him with a stone from the heaven, which fell upon the top of his head and
went out from the back of it, causing his death.
Thereat these verses were revealed by Allah the Almighty: “Demanded, a
demander, the chastisement inevitable. For, the disbelievers against it,
there is no repeller.” (70:1-2)
This episode is reported by a large number Sunni ‘ulama,’ other than those
we referred to.
Sunni references:
(1)Al-Hasakani, Shawahid al-Tanzil, Vol. 2, p.286;
(2) Tafsi al-Thalabi on the Surat al-Maarij.
(3)Tafsi al-Qurtubi, Vol. XVIII, p.278;
(4) Tafsi al-Manar, by Rashid Rida, Vol. Vl, p.464;
(5) Yanabi al-mawaddah, by al-Qunduzi al-Hanadi, p.328.
(6) Al-Mustadrak ala al-Sahihayn, by al-Hakim, Vol2, p.502;
(7) Al-Sirah al-Halabiyyah, Vol.3, p.275;
(8) Tadhkirat,by Ibn alJawzi, p.37
Whoever desires to go through more references, can refer to the book
al-Ghadir of al-Allahmah al-Amini.
(a side note:This incident reveals the presence of some of bedouins living
outside al-Madinah, who detest Ali ibn Abi Talib and never like him, beside
disliking Muhammed (S). As a consequence we can notice how did this fool
enter upon the Prophet, and, without gretting called him: “O Muhammed! He
thus proved to be among those meant in the Holy Quranic verse: 'The (rustic)
Arabs (of the desert) are very hard in infidelity and hypocrsy, and more
inclined not to know the limits of what Allah hath sent down upon his
Apostle…”(9:97)
nade ali ka wird mein karta chala gaya
har kaam zindagee ka sanwarta chala gaya