Ahnaf bin Qais reported: I set out with the intention of helping this person (Hadrat Ali) that Abu Bakr (RA) met me. He said: Ahnaf, where do you intend to go? I said: I intend to help the cousin of Allahs Messenger ﷺ , viz. Ali. Thereupon he said to me: Ahnaf, go back, for I heard Allahs Messenger ﷺ as saying: When two Muslims confront one another with swords (in hands) both the slayer and the slain would be in Fire. He (Ahnaf) said: I said, or it was said: Allahs Messenger, it may be the case of one who kills. but what about the slain (why would he be put in Hell-Fire)? Thereupon he said: He also intended to kill his companion.