Hadith 432

Nasr said, ‘And it is narrated to us by Amro Bin SHimr, from Jabir, ‘From Abu Ja’far Al-Baqir-asws having said: ‘When it was the mighty day, the companions of Muawiya said, ‘By Allah-azwj! We will not depart from the plains today until we either die or there is victory for us’. And the companions of Amir Al-Momineen Ali-asws said similar to that’. And they woke up for the fighting early morning during a day from the long days of Sirius (a bright star), of severe heat. They shot at each other until the arrows ran out, and they stabbed until the spears were in pieces. Then the people descended from their horses and walked to each other with the swords until its edges were broken, and the horsemen stood up among the rider, then they struck with the sword and the iron clashed. The listeners could not hear except the mumbling of the people and the clanks of the iron among the important ones, and the mouths were bruised, and the sun was obscured, and darkness was widespread, and the banners and the flags were lost. And the timings of four Salats passed, there were not Sajdahs to Allah-azwj during these except exclamations of Takbeer, and the elders called out during that commotion, ‘O community of Arabs! Allah-azwj! Allah-azwj, regarding the sanctities of the women and the daughters! ’
Jabir said, ‘Abu Ja’far-asws wept while he-asws was narrating to us with this Hadeeth. He-asws said: ‘And Al-Ashtar came upon a reddish-brown horse, covered, having placed his helmet upon a hump of the saddle, and he was saying, ‘Be patient, O community of Momineen! The battle has become hot! ’ and the sun returned from the eclipse, and the battle intensified, and the predators seized each other. A man said in that situation, ‘Which man is this, if there was an intention for him’. His companion said, ‘And which intention is greater than this? May your mother be bereft of you and she carried you. The man is in what you have seen. He is swimming in the blood, and the war has not tired him, and the important ones have boiled in this severe heat, and the hearts have reached the throats, and he is just as you can see is (like) a trunk, saying these words, ‘O Allah-azwj! Do not let us remain after this! ’’[57]