Hadith 382

e hear the one who believes in Our Signs and they are submitters [27: 81]’. Then Ali-asws faced towards his-asws companions and said: ‘They, in their straying, cannot be foremost with the struggle than you all regarding your rights and obedience to your Imam-asws’. Then the people remained ready to the ending of Al-Muharram. So, when the month of Muharram ended and the people welcomed Safar of the year thirty-six from the emigration of the Prophet-saww, Ali-asws sent a number of his-asws companions until when they were from the soldiers of Muawiya when they could make them listen to the voice, Yazeed Bin Al-Haris stood up and called out at the setting of the sun, ‘O people of Syria! Amir Al-Momineen Ali-asws and companions of Rasool-Allah-saww are saying to you all, ‘By Allah-azwj! We did not refrain from you due to doubt in your affairs, nor to let you live, and rather we refrained from you to the exit of Al-Muharram, and it has ended, and we have renounced to you all upon the equality, surely Allah does not Love the treacherous [8: 58]! ’
He (the narrator) said, ‘The people went to their chiefs and their commanders’’. [2]
Nasr said, ‘And as for the report of Amro Bin Shimr, from Jabir Bin Abu Al Zubeyr, ‘The call of Ibn Marsad Al-Khas’amy was his voice, ‘O people of Syria! Indeed, Amir Al-Momineen-asws is saying to you all: ‘I-asws had respited you all for you to be returning to the truth and be penitent to it, and I-asws argued upon you by the Book of Allah-azwj and called you to it. But you did not end from the tyranny, and did not respond to a right, so I-asws am renouncing to you all upon equality, surely Allah does not Love the treacherous [8: 58]! ’’
He (the narrator) said, ‘The people went to their chiefs, and Muawiya and Amro Bin Al-Aas came out composing the battalions and composing the soldiers, and they ignited the fires and came with the flames; and Ali-asws spent that night of his-asws, all of it organising the people, and composing the battalions, and circling around among the people and mobilising them’. Nasr said, ‘They came out on the first day of Safar of the year thirty-seven, and it was the day of Wednesday. They fought a severe battle most of the day. Then they retreated and they had avenged from each other. Then Hashim Bin Utba came out during the second day among a cavalry and an infantry, good was their number and their preparation. Abu Al-Awr Al-Salmy, from the people of Syria, came out to them, and they fought that day of theirs, the cavalry attacking upon the cavalry and the infantry upon the infantry. Then they left and the group had combatted each other. And during the third day, Ammar Bin Yasser came out, and Amro Bin Al-Aas came out to him, and the people fought as severely a battle as could be, and Ammar went on saying, ‘O people of! Do you want to be looking at the one who was an enemy to Allah-azwj and His-azwj Rasool-saww, and fought them and rebelled against the Muslims, and backed the Polytheists? When Allah-azwj Wanted His-azwj religion to prevail and Help His-azwj Rasool-saww he came to the Prophet-saww and became a Muslim, and by Allah-azwj, he was in awe regarding what he had seen, without desired. Then Allah-azwj Caused His-azwj Rasool-saww to pass away, and by Allah-azwj I do recognise him by the enmity towards the Muslims and cordiality of the criminals. Indeed! It is Muawiya. So, fight him and be forceful, for he is from the ones extinguishing the Noor Allah-azwj and backing the enemies of Allah-azwj! ’
He (the narrator) said, ‘And with Ammar was Ziyad Bin Al-Nazar upon the cavalry. He instructed him to attack among the cavalry. He attacked, and they combatted to him, and Ammar strengthened among the infantry. Amro Bin Al-Aas was removed from his place and the people retreated that day of theirs’’. [3]