Hadith 434

Ibn Abi Al Hadeed said, ‘And Ibn Deyzil mentioned in Kitab Siffeen who said, ‘Abdul Rahman Bin Khalid Bin Al-Waleed came out and with him was a flag of Muawiya, and he recited a war poem. Jariya Bin Qudama came out to him. Then they stabbed each other, but did nothing, and each one of them left from his counterpart. Amro Bin Al-Aas said to Abdul Rahman, ‘Thrust, O son of the sword of Allah-azwj! ’ So, Abdul Rahman advanced with his flag, and his companions advanced. Ali-asws turned to Al-Ashtar. He-asws said to him: ‘A flag of Muawiya has reached where you see, so deal with the group’. Al-Ashtar grabbed a flag of Ali-asws and recited a war poem and struck the group until he returned them. Hamam Bin Qubeysa was assigned to him, and he was with Muawiya, and was severed upon him among (clan of) Mazhaj. Aday Bin Hatim provided help to Al-Ashtar and attacked upon him among Tayy. The battle raged furiously. Ali-asws called for the mule of Rasool-Allah-saww and rode it, then he-asws donned the turban of Rasool-Allah-saww and called out: ‘O you people! Who will sell himself to Allah-azwj in this day? For him would be what is after it’. There assigned to him what is between ten thousand to twelve thousand. Ali-asws advanced and said (a poem): ‘Walk the want of the ant, you will not miss, and become in our affairs and prose couplets, until you attain or you die’. And the people attacked, all of them, one attach, and there did not remain any row of the people of Syria except it was removed until they came to Muawiya. Muawiya called for his horse in order to flee upon it. After that, Muawiya used to narrate and say, ‘When I placed my legs in the stirrups, I remembered the words of Amro Bin Al-Atnaba, (a poem), ‘You are refusing my forgiveness and regarding my afflictions, and are taking the praise with the profitable price, and my advancing to the abhorrence myself, and my striking the important heroes of falsehood, and my words every time you are tough and tough is your place, you praise me or give me rest’. I brought out my leg from the stirrup and I stood and looked at Amro, and I said to him, ‘Today patience, and tomorrow pride’. He said, ‘You speak the truth’. Then was the day of Al-Hareer, and the Qurans were raised after it’’. [60]
And it is reported by Ibrahim Bin Dizeyl, from Ibn Lahiya, from Yazeed Bin Abu Habeeb, from Raibie Bin Laqeet who said, ‘We attended Siffeen and the sky rained fresh blood upon us’. He said, ‘And in a Hadeeth of Al-Lays Bin Sa’ad, ‘When they were taking it with the plates and the utensils’. And in a Hadeeth of Ibn Lahiya, ‘To the extent that the plates and the utensils were filled and spilled over, and that was during the day of Al-Hareer, and the people of Syria panicked, and they thought of separating. Amro Bin Al-Aas stood up among them an