Hazrat Tariq bin Shihab narrates that I was with Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), and he was asked about the people of Nahr: "Are they polytheists?" He replied, "They are those who have fled from polytheism." He was asked, "Are they hypocrites?" He said, "Hypocrites remember Allah only a little." He was then asked, "What are they then?" Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) replied, "They are a people who have rebelled against us."