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Amir al-Mu’minin asked Malik al-Ashtar to attack the right flank of the enemy formations and Hashim ibn `Utbah to take care of the left. Both of them went with their troops with raised swords and made a severe onslaught that the feet of the right flank were uprooted. The men left their position and moved to the center of the formation. The chief of the right flank, Hilal ibn Waki` was killed by Malik al-Ashtar and the men ran to take shelter near Umm al-Mu’minin. The troops of Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s) chased the fleeing men and there was severe fighting around the camel of Umm al-Mu’minin. Banū-Azd, Banū-Najiyah and Bahilah had encircled the camel to safeguard it and were taking the arrows, swords and spears on their chests. Al-Zamakhshari records the scene thus:

“The swords banging on the heads produced such a sound as the beating of clothes on the wooden plank while washing them.”[2]

Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s) saw that the battle had not as yet reached the final stages. Therefore, he decided himself to enter the theatre. He stood up with a [1] Al-`Iqd al-Farīd, Vol 2, Page 354
[2] Al-Fā’iq, Vol 1, Page 35

contingent of Muhajirūn and Ansar. Imam al-Hasan and Imam al-Husayn were on the right and the left of him. Muhammad Ibn al-Hanafiyyah was carrying the Standard in front of him. The Imam (a.s) asked him to bisect the formation and reach with the standard near the camel of Umm al-Mu’minin. Muhammad started to move, waving the flag. But from the other side there was a barrage of arrows that stopped him. The Imam (a.s) went forward. Put his left hand on the shoulder of Muhammad and took the standard from him. Now he had the Dhul-Faqar in his right hand and the standard in his left. He attacked the enemies with such ferocity that innumerable heads fell. He returned for a while amongst his men, straightened his sword and once again commenced the attack. When he wanted to commence the battle again, his companions and men pleaded with him not to expose himself to the danger of injury. Then he told Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah that battles were fought in that manner. The people said, “O Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s)! Who has the strength and skill to fight like you! Who has the strength and capability to fence the sword like you?”

This intense attack on the owners of the camel showed clear signs of their imminent defeat. Although their heads were falling continuously, they could not have thought of leaving the field until the camel was standing in their midst. Its condition too was such that there were arrows on the canopy of Umm al-Mu’minin and the saddle of the camel like the thorns on the back of the porcupine. The camel was unable to bear the onslaught and was turning round and round like the turning of the grinding wheel. When the Imam (a.s) felt that as far as the camel stood in the battleground, the battle would not end. On the other hand the people from al-Basrah were resisting others from going near it. He thought of removing the camel from the battlefield. He took youths from the tribes of Nakha and Hamdan and moved forward. Seeing the Imam (a.s), the rows were broken, and along with his companions, he reached near the camel. He told one of his troopers, Bujayr ibn Daljah al-Naqafi to go and cut the legs of the camel Bujayr went forward and struck the legs of the camel with his sword. The camel made a shrill sound and slumped on its side on the ground. As soon as the camel fell, the battle suddenly stopped. And the men started running helter-skelter. None had any idea what to do. They were trampling the injured and the dead on their way. In no time, the battlefield was sparsely occupied. Muhammad ibn Abi-Bakr and `Ammar ibn Yasir cut the belts of the camel, lowered the saddle to the ground. Muhammad ibn Abi-Bakr put his hand inside the canopy of the saddle. Umm al-Mu’minin angrily asked who it was? He said, “I am your brother whom you do not like!” She asked, “Are you the son of al-Khath`amiyyah?” He said, “Yes!” She replied,

“Thank Allah! You are living and no harm has come to you” Muhammad asked her, “Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s) is inquiring if any harm has come to you?” She said, “One arrow had grazed my side, but I suffered no serious injury!” Then `Ammar ibn Yasir came near the saddle and said, “O Umm al-Mu’minin! You have seen your sons battling!” She said very angrily, “I am not your mother!”


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