Hadith 419

And from Numeyr Bin Wa’la, from Aamir Al Shaby, ‘Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws passed by people of a flag (of Syria) and saw them not moving from their position. He urged the people upon fighting them, and it is mentioned they were (clan of) Gasaan. He-asws said: ‘These people will never be moved from their positions without the stabbing of your armour which would extract the soul, and a strike which splits the head and breaks the bones, and the wrists and the palms fall off, until their foreheads are cracked with the force of the iron, and their eyelids scatter upon their chests and the chins. Where are the people of patience and seekers of the good? Where are the ones selling (their souls for) the Face of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic? ’ A group from the Muslims were steadfast to it. He-asws called his-asws son Muhammad and said to him: ‘Go walking towards this flag slowly upon your dignity, until when you can throw the spears into their chests. But, withhold your hand until my-asws instructions come to you, and my-asws view’. He did so, and Ali-asws counted the like of them. When Muhammad was close from them and could throw the spears into their chests, Ali-asws ordered the ones he-asws had counted, and they attacked upon them, and Muhammad got up in their faces and they were moved from their positions; and men were injured from them and the people fought after Al-Maghrib a severe battle, so most of the people could not pray Salat except by gestures’’. [44]