Hadith 7

said, ‘You-asws will soon know, O Amir Al-Momineen-asws. By Allah-azwj! I shall wrap between the people the wrapping of a man intending the Hereafter’. He grabbed a spear and shook it, and it was broken. Then he grabbed another and found it weak, so he threw it away. Then he called for a smooth spear and tied his flag with it. And when Ali-asws had handed the flag to Hashim, a man from Bakr Bin Wail, from the companions of Hashim, said to him, ‘Advance, what is the matter with you, O Hashim? Your sorcery is blown, one-eyed coward’. He said, ‘Who is this one? ’ They said, ‘So and so’. He said, ‘Loosen it, and better than it is when you see me lying down, then take it’. Then he said to his companion, ‘Tighten the straps of your slippers and tighten your trousers. When you see me shaking the flag thrice, then know that not one of you should precede me to it’. Then Hashim looked at the army of Muawiya and he saw a large horse. He said, ‘Who are they? ’ They said, ‘Companions of Zil Kala’a’. Then he looked around and he saw another army. He said, ‘Who are they? ’ They said, ‘Army of Quraysh of the people of Al-Medina’. He said, ‘My own people. There is no need for me in fighting them’. He said, ‘Who is in this white dome? ’ It was said, ‘Muawiya and his army’. At that, he attacked speedily, quickly’’. [37]
And from Abdul Aziz Bin Ziyah, from Habeeb Bin Abu Sabit who said, ‘When the fighting of Siffeen happened and the flag was with Hashim Bin Utba, Ammar Bin Yasser went on to take with the spear and saying, ‘Advance, O Awr! There is no good in Awr if the fear does not come’. He (the narrator) said, ‘He went on to be embarrassed from Ammar-ra, and he-ra was learned with the war. So, he advanced and centred the flag when the rows faced to it. Ammar-ra said, ‘Advance, O Awr! There is no good in Awr if the fear does not come to it! ’
Amro Bin Al-Aas went on to say, ‘I see such word being for the bearers of the black flags, if this were to persist, the Arabs would be Tried today, so fight a severe fight! ’ And Ammar-ra went on to say, ‘Patience, servants of Allah-azwj! The Paradise is in the shade of the white (flags)’. And the markers of the people of Al-Iraq on the day of Siffeen were of white wool. They had made it to be in their heads and upon the shoulders and their slogan was, (shouting), ‘O Allah-azwj! O One! O Last! O Merciful! ’
And the marker of the people of Syria was a white cloth they had made to be upon their heads, and their shoulders, and it was their slogan was (shouting), ‘We are servants of Allah-azwj truly, O for the revolution of Usman! ’
He (the narrator) said, ‘They whipped with the swords, and propped up the iron. We did not stay apart until the darkness of the night kept us apart, and no men from u