Hadith 426

I (Majlisi) am saying, ‘Then Ibn Abi Al Hadeed said, ‘Nasr Bin Muzahim said in volume 7 from Kitab Siffeen, and he is trustworthy, proven correct of the transmission, not attributed to whims, nor guesswork, and he is from the men who are companions of the Hadeeth, ‘It is narrated to us by Amro Bin Shimr, from Abu Zarar, from Ammar Bin Rabie who said, ‘Ali-asws prayed the morning Salat until dawn on the day of Tuesday the tenth of the month of Rabbi Al-Awwal of the year thirty-seven, and it is said, the tenth of Safar, then marched to the people of Syria with the army of Al-Iraq, and the people were upon their respective flags and banners, and the people of Syria marched towards them, and the war took place devouring the two parties, but it was more crushing among the people of Syrian and more grievous an event. They had been fed up of the war and disliked the fighting, and their pillars had been weakened’. He (the narrator) said, ‘A man from the people of Al-Iraq came out upon a reddish-brown horse, covered in weaponry, nothing was seen from him except his eyes, and the spear was in his hands. He went on to tap the heads of the people of Al-Iraq with the lance and saying, ‘Even out your rows, may Allah-azwj have Mercy on you! ’, until when the rows and the flags had been aligned, he faced them with his face and turned the people of Syria to his back. Then he praised Allah-azwj and extolled upon Him-azwj and said: ‘The Praise is for Allah-azwj Who Made a son-asws of an uncle-as of His-azwj Prophet-saww to be among us. He-asws is the most ahead of them in emigration, and first of them in Islam, being a sword from the swords of Allah-azwj. Allah-azwj has Sent him-asws forth against His-azwj enemies. Look around, when the battle is feverish, and the darkness erupts, and the training breaks down, and the horses tour with the heroes, and nothing is heard except the mumbling or the humming, then follow me and be in my tracks! ’
He (the narrator) said, ‘Then he attacked upon the people of Syria, and his spear broke among them. Then he returned, and there, it was Al-Ashtar. He (the narrator) said, ‘And a man from the people of Syria emerged and called out between the rows, ‘O Abu Al-Hassan-asws! O Ali-asws, duel to me! ’ Ali-asws came out to him until the necks of their animals rubbed between the rows. He said, ‘O Ali-asws! For you-asws there is ancientness in, and the emigration. Is it for you-asws in a matter I present to you-asws, that it would happen in it the saving of this bloodshed, and delay this war until your-asws view is seen? ’
He-asws said: ‘And what is it? ’ He said, ‘You-asws return to your-asws Iraq and vacate between us and Al-Iraq, and we shall return to our Syria and you-asws vacate between us and Syria’. Ali-asws said: ‘I-asws have understood what you are presenting. This is an advice, and comp