Hadith 402

And it is reported from Al Hueyn Bin Al Munzir, ‘When the people aligned on that day and attacked each other, and the right flank of the people of Al-Iraq was undermined, we came to Ali-asws, and with him-asws were his-asws sons. He-asws called out in a loud voice: ‘For whom are these flags? ’ We said, ‘Flags of Rabie. He-asws said: ‘But, these are flags Allah-azwj had Protected its people, and Made them patient and Affirmed their feet’. Then he-asws said to me: ‘And I-asws shall carry a flag of Rabie. O youth! Will you bring closer this flag of yours by a cubit? ’ I said, ‘Yes, by Allah-azwj, ten cubits’. Then I inclined with it like this, and brought it closer. He-asws said to me: ‘It suffices you’. And it is reported they gave the flag of Al Huzeyn Bin Al-Munzir Al-Raqashy, and on that day he was a boy, and he marched with a flag of Rabie, and it was red. Ali-asws was surprised of his march and his steadfastness. He-asws said (a poem): ‘For whom is a red flag, its shade would fade. When it is said, ‘Huzeyn has advanced it’, it will advance. And they come near with it in the rows until it goes around the important deaths, dripping the death and the blood. May Allah-azwj Recompense regarding their meeting (in battle) with prowess, free, how honourable, how prestigious. And I-asws am asserting patience for a day they would be called to the battle, when the voices of the eloquent talkers would be mumbled. (Tribe of) Rabie, I-asws mean, they are people of exertion and prowess when they meet (in battle) with vehement force, and I-asws had been patient from arousing passion, and (clans of) Lakhm and Himeyr were annoyed until they would not be differentiated between a blood and a blood. And I-asws called out: ‘O agitators! Woe be unto you! May Allah-azwj Recompense evil wherever an injustice may be. Are you not fearing in your prohibitions? And how near is the Beneficent from it, and how Magnificent. The son of Harb made us taste the stabbings and the strikes with our swords, until he was in-charge and retreated’. And I-asws passed by calling out to the leader and the unjust ones, and called Kala’a, and Kareyb, and ‘An’ama’, and Amro, and Sufyan, and Jahm, and Mali, and Howshab, and Al-Ghawy, and Sareeh, and Azlama, and Kurz Bin Nab’han, and Amro Bin Jahdar, and companions of Al-Absy, calling to the peace’’. Nasr said, ‘And Zu Al-Kala’a came among (clan of) Himeyr and the ones who had surrounded it, and with them was Ubeydullah Bin Umar Bin Al-Khattab among four thousand from the readers of the people of Syria. They attacked upon (clan of) Rabie, and they were the left flank of the people of Al-Iraq, and among them was Abdullah Bin Al-Abbas, with severe attack. The flags of Rabie were dispersed. Then the people of Syria left. It was not long except a little until they repeated for a second time, and Ubeydullah Bin Umar was among their first ones saying, ‘O people of Syria! This is a tribe from Al-Iraq, killers of Usman, and helpers of Ali-asws. So, if you were to defeat this tribe, you will realise your retaliation regarding Usman’. So, they were severe upon the people with mighty intensity. (Clan of) Rabie were steadfast to them, and combatted a good combat except a few from the weak ones, and the fighting between Rabie and Himeyr and Abdullah Bin Umar intensified, and many were killed. Then five hundred horsemen or more from the companions of Ali-asws came having the helmets upon their heads, and they were clad in iron, nothing being seen from them except the eyes. And a similar number from the people of Syrian came out and they fought between Siffeen, and the people were standing beneath Siffeen. No informant returned from them, neither Iraqi nor Syrian. They all fought between Siffeen, and Siffeen was a hill the skulls of men had been thrown upon, and it used to be called the hill of the skulls’. Nasr (the reporter