Hadith 398

And Nasr said, ‘And it is narrated to us by Amro who said, ‘It is narrated to us by Abdul Salam Bin Abdullah Bin Jabir, ‘The flag of (clan of) Bajeela in Siffeen was with the people of Al-Iraq. It used to be among (clan of) Ahmas, with Abu Shaddad. (Clan of) Bajeela said to him, ‘Take our flag’. He said, ‘Someone else would be better for you than me’. They said, ‘We do not want other than you’. He said, ‘By Allah-azwj! If I am given it, I will not end with you below the owner of the golden shield which is standing upon the head of Muawiya, concealing it from the sun’. They said, ‘Do whatever you like’. He took it, then marched with it, and they were around it striking the people with their swords until he ended up to the owner of the golden shield, and he was among a large cavalry from the companions of Muawiya. The people fought a severe battle over them, and Abu Shaddad was severe with his sword around the owner of the shield, and he was exposed to the archers. A Roman faced him and hit a foot of Abu Shaddad and cut it, and Abu Shaddad struck that Roman and killed him. Al-Sinnah set forth to him and was killed. Abdullah Bin Qal’a Al-Ahmasy took the flag and fought until he was killed. His brother Abdul Rahman took it and fought until he was killed. Then Afeef Bin Iyas took it, and it did not cease to be in his hands until the people fled. The (clan of) Ghatafan of Al-Iraq attacked upon (clan of) Ghatafan of Syria, and a lot were killed from both of them, and like that was (clan of) Azd of Al-Iraq against (clan of) Azd of Syria, and like that was every tribe against the ones from their counterparts’’. [21]