Hadith 423

Nasr said, ‘And it is narrated by Umar Bin Sa’ad, from Abdul Rahman Bin Abdullah, ‘Abdullah Bin Ka’ab was killed on the day of Siffeen. Al-Aswad Bin Qays passed by him, and he was with the last of breaths. He said, ‘By Allah-azwj! I shall console Ali-asws of your being slain. But, by Allah-azwj! If I had witnessed you, I would have assisted you and defended you, and had I recognised the one who killed you, I would have loved it if I had not moved until either I kill him or he makes me join up with you’. Then he descended to him. He said, ‘By Allah-azwj! If your neighbour was safe from your troubling him, and if you were from the and the men who do Zikr of Allah a lot, and the women who do Zikr – [33: 35]. Bequeath to me, may Allah-azwj have Mercy on you’. He said, ‘I bequeath you with fearing Allah-azwj, and that you be an adviser of Amir Al-Momineen-asws, and that you fight alongside him-asws against the cunning until the truth prevails, or you join with Allah-azwj; and deliver the greetings to him-asws from me and say to him-asws, ‘Fight upon the battleground until you-asws make it to be behind your-asws back’, for it is from the clearest if the battleground is behind his-asws back, he-asws would be the overcomer’. Then it was not long before he died. Al-Aswad came to Ali-asws and informed him-asws. He-asws said: ‘May Allah-azwj have Mercy on him! He fought alongside us during the lifetime, and was an adviser to us during the death’. Then Ali-asws prayed Salat with the people up to the dawn, then marched with them. The people came out being upon their respective flags and their banners and the people of Syria marched towards them’’. [48]