Hadith 417

And from Ibn Abu Shaqeeq, ‘Abdullah, son of Ja’far-as with the two wings, was attacking upon the cavalry at Siffeen, when a man from Khuzeyma came and said, ‘Is there any horse? ’ He said, ‘Yes, take whichever horse you like’. When he turned, the son of Ja’far-as said, ‘If he is killed, the best of the horses would be killed’. He (the narrator) said, ‘When it was dark, he took the best horse and rode it and attacked upon the ones who had called him to the duel. The Syrian killed him. And two boys from the Helpers, two brothers, attacked together until they ended up to the pavilion of Muawiya. They fought in his presence, and part of a battalion came to a part and they fought standing upon the rides, the listeners could not hear except the clanging of the swords falling upon the helmets and the armours’. He said, ‘And Uday Bin Hatim came seeking Ali-asws, not treading except upon a dead person, or a foot (cut off), or an arm. He found him-asws beneath the flags of Bakr Bin Wail. He said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen-asws! Shall we not stand until we die? ’ Ali-asws said: ‘Come near’. He approached until he placed his ear by his-asws nose. He-asws said: ‘Woe be unto you! The general public of the ones with me-asws will disobey me, but those (with) Muawiya are among the ones who obey him and do not disobey him’. He (the narrator) said, ‘And he-asws wrote to Muawiya: ‘As for after, surely you have tasted the harm of war, and I-asws have tasted it, and I-asws presenting to you what Al-Mukhariq had presented to the clan of Falij (a poem), ‘Whichever rider will present to the clan of Falij where its calmness is settled. Come to us and do not be as if you are swallows of the land, its dust flying away from it. Suleym Bin Mansour are free people, and their land is a land whose righteousness is a lot’. Muawiya answered him-asws, ‘From Muawiya to Ali-asws. As for after, may Allah-azwj Pardon us and you-asws. But rather, I am fighting upon the blood of Usman and I dislike the oiling regarding his matter, and Islam is his right. Either I come across with it