It is narrated from Hazrat Salim that when the number of the people of Najran reached forty thousand... the narrator says: Hazrat Umar feared that they might attack the Muslims. Then (by coincidence) mutual jealousy arose among them. The narrator says: These people came to Hazrat Umar and said, "Mutual jealousy has arisen among us, so please exile us..." The narrator says: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, had written a document for them that they would not be exiled. The narrator says: Hazrat Umar considered this a blessing and exiled them. After that, the people of Najran regretted it and came to him and said, "We apologize for what we said." Hazrat Umar refused to accept their apology. Then when Hazrat Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, arrived, these people came to Hazrat Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, and said, "We ask you, by the document written by your hand and by your kinship, to accept our apology." But Hazrat Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, also refused and said, "You are doomed. Hazrat Umar was a man of insight." Salim the narrator says: The opinion of the elders is that if Hazrat Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, had objected to anything of Hazrat Umar, he would have objected to him regarding the people of Najran.