Tarikh (al-Tabari) 2235
The Year 64 AH
فِرَاقِ الْخَوَارِجِ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ وَمَا كَانَ مِنْهُمْ وَفِي سنة أربع وستين فَارَقَ الْخَوَارِجُ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا قَدِمُوا مَكَّةَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ، وَكَانُوا قَدْ قَاتَلُوا مَعَهُ أَهْلَ الشَّامِ. وَكَانَ سَبَبُ قُدُومِهِمْ عَلَيْهِ أَنَّهُمْ لَمَّا اشْتَدَّ عَلَيْهِمُ ابْنُ زِيَادٍ بَعْدَ قَتْلِ أَبِي بِلَالٍ اجْتَمَعُوا فَتَذَاكَرُوا ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ لَهُمْ نَافِعُ بْنُ الْأَزْرَقِ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ أَنْزَلَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْكِتَابَ، وَفَرَضَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْجِهَادَ، وَاحْتَجَّ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْبَيَانِ، وَقَدْ جَرَّدَ أَهْلُ الظُّلْمِ فِيكُمُ السُّيُوفَ فَاخْرُجُوا بِنَا إِلَى هَذَا الَّذِي قَدْ ثَارَ بِمَكَّةَ فَإِنْ كَانَ عَلَى رَأْيِنَا جَاهَدْنَا مَعَهُ، وَإِنْ يَكُنْ عَلَى غَيْرِ رَأْيِنَا دَافَعْنَاهُ عَنِ الْبَيْتِ. وَكَانَ عَسْكَرُ الشَّامِ قَدْ سَارَ نَحْوَ ابْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ. فَسَارَ الْخَوَارِجُ حَتَّى قَدِمُوا عَلَى ابْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، فَسُرَّ بِمَقْدَمِهِمْ وَأَخْبَرَهُمْ أَنَّهُ عَلَى مِثْلِ رَأْيِهِمْ مِنْ غَيْرِ تَفْتِيشٍ. فَقَاتَلُوا مَعَهُ أَهْلَ الشَّامِ حَتَّى مَاتَ يَزِيدُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ وَانْصَرَفَ أَهْلُ الشَّامِ. ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمُ اجْتَمَعُوا وَقَالُوا: إِنَّ الَّذِي صَنَعْتُمْ أَمْسِ لَغَيْرُ رَأْيٍ، تُقَاتِلُونَ مَعَ رَجُلٍ لَا تَدْرُونَ لَعَلَّهُ لَيْسَ عَلَى مِثْلِ رَأْيِكُمْ، وَقَدْ كَانَ أَمْسِ يُقَاتِلُكُمْ هُوَ وَأَبُوهُ وَيُنَادِي: يَا ثَارَاتِ عُثْمَانَ ! فَأْتُوهُ وَاسْأَلُوهُ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ فَإِنْ بَرِئَ مِنْهُ كَانَ وَلِيَّكُمْ، وَإِنْ أَبَى كَانَ عَدُوَّكُمْ. فَأَتَوْهُ فَسَأَلُوهُ، فَنَظَرَ فَإِذَا أَصْحَابُهُ حَوْلَهُ قَلِيلٌ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّكُمْ أَتَيْتُمُونِي حِينَ أَرَدْتُ الْقِيَامَ، وَلَكِنْ رَوِّحُوا إِلَيَّ الْعَشِيَّةَ حَتَّى أُعْلِمَكُمْ. فَانْصَرَفُوا، وَبَعَثَ إِلَى أَصْحَابِهِ فَجَمَعَهُمْ حَوْلَهُ بِالسِّلَاحِ، وَجَاءَتِ الْخَوَارِجُ وَأَصْحَابُهُ حَوْلَهُ وَعَلَى رَأْسِهِ وَبِأَيْدِيهِمُ الْعَمَدُ، فَقَالَ ابْنُ الْأَزْرَقِ لِأَصْحَابِهِ: إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ قَدْ أَزْمَعَ خِلَافَكُمْ، فَتَقَدَّمَ إِلَيْهِ نَافِعُ بْنُ الْأَزْرَقِ وَعُبَيْدَةُ بْنُ هِلَالٍ فَقَالَ عُبَيْدَةُ بَعْدَ حَمْدِ اللَّهِ: أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ بَعَثَ مُحَمَّدًا يَدْعُو إِلَى عِبَادَتِهِ وَإِخْلَاصِ الدِّينِ لَهُ، فَدَعَا إِلَى ذَلِكَ فَأَجَابَهُ الْمُسْلِمُونَ، فَعَمِلَ فِيهِمْ بِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ حَتَّى قَبَضَهُ اللَّهُ وَاسْتَخْلَفَ النَّاسُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَاسْتَخْلَفَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ عُمَرَ، فَكِلَاهُمَا عَمِلَ بِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ وَسُنَّةِ نَبِيِّهِ، ثُمَّ إِنِ النَّاسَ اسْتَخْلَفُوا عُثْمَانَ، فَحَمَى الْأَحْمَاءَ، وَآثَرَ الْقُرْبَى، وَاسْتَعْمَلَ الْفَتَى وَرَفَعَ الدِّرَّةَ وَوَضَعَ السَّوْطَ وَمَزَّقَ الْكِتَابَ وَضَرَبَ مُنْكَرَ الْجَوْرِ، وَآوَى طَرِيدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَضَرَبَ السَّابِقِينَ بِالْفَضْلِ وَحَرَمَهُمْ، وَأَخَذَ فَيْءَ اللَّهِ الَّذِي أَفَاءَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَسَمَهُ فِي فُسَّاقِ قُرَيْشٍ وَمُجَّانِ الْعَرَبِ، فَسَارَتْ إِلَيْهِ طَائِفَةٌ فَقَتَلُوهُ، فَنَحْنُ لَهُمْ أَوْلِيَاءُ وَمِنَ ابْنِ عَفَّانَ وَأَوْلِيَائِهِ بُرَآءُ، فَمَا تَقُولُ أَنْتَ يَا ابْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ ؟ فَقَالَ: قَدْ فَهِمْتُ الَّذِي ذَكَرْتَ بِهِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَهُوَ فَوْقَ مَا ذَكَرْتَ وَفَوْقَ مَا وَصَفْتَ، وَفَهِمْتُ مَا ذَكَرْتَ بِهِ أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ، وَقَدْ وُفِّقْتَ وَأَصَبْتَ، وَفَهِمْتُ الَّذِي ذَكَرْتَ بِهِ عُثْمَانَ، وَإِنِّي لَا أَعْلَمُ مَكَانَ أَحَدٍ مِنْ خَلْقِ اللَّهِ الْيَوْمَ أَعْلَمَ بِابْنِ عَفَّانَ وَأَمْرِهِ مِنِّي، كُنْتُ مَعَهُ حَيْثُ نَقَمَ [ الْقَوْمُ ] عَلَيْهِ وَاسْتَعْتَبُوهُ فَلَمْ يَدَعْ شَيْئًا إِلَّا أَعْتَبَهُمْ، ثُمَّ رَجَعُوا إِلَيْهِ بِكِتَابٍ لَهُ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّهُ كَتَبَهُ يَأْمُرُ فِيهِ بِقَتْلِهِمْ، فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: مَا كَتَبْتُهُ فَإِنْ شِئْتُمْ فَهَاتُوا بَيِّنَتَكُمْ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ حَلَفْتُ لَكُمْ، فَوَاللَّهِ مَا جَاءُوهُ بِبَيِّنَةٍ وَلَا اسْتَحْلَفُوهُ وَوَثَبُوا عَلَيْهِ فَقَتَلُوهُ، وَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ مَا عَتَبْتَهُ بِهِ، فَلَيْسَ كَذَلِكَ بَلْ هُوَ لِكُلِّ خَيْرٍ أَهْلٌ، وَأَنَا أُشْهِدُكُمْ وَمَنْ حَضَرَنِي أَنِّي وَلِيٌّ لِابْنِ عَفَّانَ وَعَدُوُّ أَعْدَائِهِ فَبَرِئَ اللَّهُ مِنْكُمْ. فَعِنْدَ ذَلِكَ نَفَرُوا عَنْهُ، وَفَارَقُوهُ، وَقَصَدُوا بِلَادَ الْعِرَاقِ وَخُرَاسَانَ، فَتَفَرَّقُوا فِيهَا بِأَبْدَانِهِمْ وَأَدْيَانِهِمْ وَمَذَاهِبِهِمْ وَمَسَالِكِهِمُ الْمُخْتَلِفَةِ الْمُنْتَشِرَةِ، الَّتِي لَا تَنْضَبِطُ وَلَا تَنْحَصِرُ ; لِأَنَّهَا مُفَرَّعَةٌ عَلَى الْجَهْلِ وَقُوَّةِ النُّفُوسِ، وَالِاعْتِقَادِ الْفَاسِدِ، وَمَعَ هَذَا اسْتَحْوَذُوا عَلَى كَثِيرٍ مِنَ الْبُلْدَانِ وَالْكُوَرِ، حَتَّى انْتُزِعَتْ مِنْهُمْ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ وأَقْبَلَ نَافِعُ بْنُ الْأَزْرَقِ الْحَنْظَلِيُّ وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الصَّفَّارِ السَّعْدِيُّ وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ إِبَاضٍ وَحَنْظَلَةُ بْنُ بَيْهَسٍ وَبَنُو الْمَاحُوزِ: عَبْدُ اللَّهِ وَعُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ وَالزُّبَيْرُ مِنْ بَنِي سَلِيطِ بْنِ يَرْبُوعٍ، وَكُلُّهُمْ مِنْ تَمِيمٍ، حَتَّى أَتَوُا الْبَصْرَةَ، وَانْطَلَقَ أَبُو طَالُوتَ، مِنْ بَنِي بَكْرِ بْنِ وَائِلٍ، وَأَبُو فُدَيْكٍ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ ثَوْرِ بْنِ قَيْسِ بْنِ ثَعْلَبَةَ، وَعَطِيَّةُ بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ الْيَشْكُرِيُّ إِلَى الْيَمَامَةِ، فَوَثَبُوا بِهَا مَعَ أَبِي طَالُوتَ، ثُمَّ أَجْمَعُوا بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ عَلَى نَجْدَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ الْحَنَفِيِّ وَتَرَكُوا أَبَا طَالُوتَ. فَأَمَّا نَافِعٌ وَأَصْحَابُهُ فَإِنَّهُمْ قَدِمُوا الْبَصْرَةَ وَهُمْ عَلَى رَأْيِ أَبِي بِلَالٍ، وَاجْتَمَعُوا وَتَذَاكَرُوا فَضِيلَةَ الْجِهَادِ، فَخَرَجَ نَافِعٌ عَلَى ثَلَاثِمِائَةٍ، وَذَلِكَ عِنْدَ وُثُوبِ النَّاسِ بِابْنِ زِيَادٍ وَكَسْرِ الْخَوَارِجِ بَابَ السِّجْنِ، وَخَرَجُوا وَاشْتَغَلَ النَّاسُ عَنْهُمْ بِحَرْبِ الْأَزْدِ وَرَبِيعَةَ وَتَمِيمٍ، فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ نَافِعٌ تَبِعُوهُ، وَاصْطَلَحَ أَهْلُ الْبَصْرَةِ عَلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ، فَتَجَرَّدَ النَّاسُ لِلْخَوَارِجِ وَأَخَافُوهُمْ، فَلَحِقَ نَافِعٌ بِالْأَهْوَازِ فِي شَوَّالٍ سَنَةَ أَرْبَعٍ وَسِتِّينَ، وَخَرَجَ مَنْ بَقِيَ مِنْهُمْ بِالْبَصْرَةِ إِلَى ابْنِ الْأَزْرَقِ إِلَّا مَنْ لَمْ يُرِدِ الْخُرُوجَ يَوْمَهُ ذَلِكَ، مِنْهُمْ: عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الصَّفَّارِ، وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ إِبَاضٍ، وَرِجَالٌ مَعَهُمَا عَلَى رَأْيِهِمَا، وَنَظَرَ نَافِعٌ فَرَأَى أَنَّ وِلَايَةَ مَنْ تَخَلَّفَ عَنِ الْجِهَادِ مِنَ الَّذِينَ قَعَدُوا مِنَ الْخَوَارِجِ لَا تَحِلُّ لَهُ، وَأَنَّ مَنْ تَخَلَّفَ عَنْهُ لَا نَجَاةَ لَهُ، فَقَالَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ ذَلِكَ وَدَعَاهُمْ إِلَى الْبَرَاءَةِ مِنْهُمْ وَأَنَّهُمْ لَا يَحِلُّ لَهُمْ مُنَاكَحَتُهُمْ وَلَا أَكْلُ ذَبَائِحِهِمْ، وَلَا يَجُوزُ قَبُولُ شَهَادَتِهِمْ وَأَخْذُ عِلْمِ الدِّينِ عَنْهُمْ، وَلَا يَحِلُّ مِيرَاثُهُمْ، وَرَأَى قَتْلَ الْأَطْفَالِ وَالِاسْتِعْرَاضَ، وَأَنَّ جَمِيعَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ كُفَّارٌ مِثْلُ كُفَّارِ الْعَرَبِ، لَا يُقْبَلُ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّا الْإِسْلَامُ أَوِ الْقَتْلُ. فَأَجَابَهُ إِلَى ذَلِكَ بَعْضُهُمْ وَفَارَقَهُ بَعْضُهُمْ، وَمِمَّنْ فَارَقَهُ نَجْدَةُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ، وَسَارَ إِلَى الْيَمَامَةِ، فَأَطَاعَهُ الْخَوَارِجُ الَّذِينَ بِهَا وَتَرَكُوا أَبَا طَالُوتَ، فَكَتَبَ نَافِعٌ إِلَى ابْنِ إِبَاضٍ وَابْنِ الصَّفَّارِ يَدْعُوهُمَا وَمَنْ مَعَهُمَا إِلَى ذَلِكَ، فَقَرَأَ ابْنُ الصَّفَّارِ الْكِتَابَ وَلَمْ يَقْرَأْهُ عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ خَشْيَةَ أَنْ يَتَفَرَّقُوا وَيَخْتَلِفُوا، فَأَخَذَهُ ابْنُ إِبَاضٍ فَقَرَأَهُ، فَقَالَ: قَاتَلَهُ اللَّهُ أَيَّ رَأْيٍ رَأَى ! صَدَقَ نَافِعٌ، لَوْ كَانَ الْقَوْمُ مُشْرِكِينَ كَانَ أَصْوَبَ النَّاسِ رَأْيًا وَكَانَتْ سِيرَتُهُ كَسِيرَةِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي الْمُشْرِكِينَ، وَلَكِنَّهُ قَدْ كَذَبَ فِيمَا يَقُولُ، إِنَّ الْقَوْمَ بُرَآءُ مِنَ الشِّرْكِ وَلَكِنَّهُمْ كُفَّارٌ بِالنِّعَمِ وَالْأَحْكَامِ وَلَا يَحِلُّ لَنَا إِلَّا دِمَاؤُهُمْ، وَمَا سِوَى ذَلِكَ فَهُوَ حَرَامٌ عَلَيْنَا. فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُ الصَّفَّارِ: بَرِئَ اللَّهُ مِنْكَ فَقَدْ قَصَّرْتَ، وَبَرِئَ اللَّهُ مِنِ ابْنِ الْأَزْرَقِ فَقَدْ غَلَا. فَقَالَ الْآخَرُ: بَرِئَ اللَّهُ مِنْكَ وَمِنْهُ. فَتَفَرَّقَ الْقَوْمُ وَاشْتَدَّتْ شَوْكَةُ ابْنِ الْأَزْرَقِ وَكَثُرَتْ جُمُوعُهُ وَأَقَامَ بِالْأَهْوَازِ يَجْبِي الْخَرَاجَ وَيَتَقَوَّى بِهِ، ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ نَحْوَ الْبَصْرَةِ حَتَّى دَنَا مِنَ الْجِسْرِ، فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ مُسْلِمَ بْنَ عُبَيْسِ بْنِ كُرَيْزِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَصْرَةِ.
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✧ The Khawārij's Separation from ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Zubayr and What They Did In the year sixty-four, the Khawārij who had come to Makkah separated from ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Zubayr. They had fought alongside him against the people of Syria. The reason for their coming to him was that when Ibn Ziyād intensified his pressure on them after the killing of Abū Bilāl, they gathered and discussed that. Nāfiʿ b. al-Azraq said to them: 'God has sent down to you the Book and made jihād obligatory upon you, and He has argued against you with clarity. The people of injustice have unsheathed their swords against you, so let us go out to this one who has risen in Makkah. If he is of our view, we will wage jihād with him, and if he is otherwise, we will defend the House with him.' The Syrian army had marched toward Ibn al-Zubayr. The Khawārij traveled until they came to Ibn al-Zubayr, and he was pleased at their arrival. He informed them that he was of the like of their view, without any investigation. They fought alongside him against the people of Syria until Yazīd b. Muʿāwiyah died and the people of Syria withdrew. Then they gathered and said: 'What you did yesterday was without sound judgment. You fight alongside a man about whom you do not know—perhaps he is not of the like of your view. Yesterday he and his father were fighting you and calling out: 'Revenge for ʿUthmān!' So go to him and ask him about ʿUthmān. If he dissociates from him, he will be your ally; if he refuses, he will be your enemy.' They came to him and asked him. He looked and saw that his companions around him were few, so he said: 'You have come to me when I wanted to rise, but come back to me in the evening so that I may inform you.' They departed, and he sent for his companions and gathered them around him with weapons. The Khawārij came while his companions were around him and above his head, with staffs in their hands. Ibn al-Azraq said to his companions: 'The man has resolved upon opposing you.' Nāfiʿ b. al-Azraq and ʿUbaydah b. Hilāl advanced toward him. ʿUbaydah said, after praising God: 'To proceed: God sent Muḥammad inviting to His worship and to making religion sincerely His. He called to that and the Muslims answered him. He acted among them according to the Book of God until God took him. The people made Abū Bakr successor, and Abū Bakr made ʿUmar successor. Both of them acted according to the Book of God and the Sunnah of His Prophet. Then the people made ʿUthmān successor. He protected the reserves, favored the kinsfolk, appointed the youth, raised the staff, set down the whip, tore the book, struck against the evil of oppression, sheltered the one exiled by the Messenger of God ﷺ, struck the foremost in virtue and deprived them, and took God's fayʾ that He had granted them and divided it among the dissolute of Quraysh and the wanton of the Arabs. A group went against him and killed him. We are their allies, and from Ibn ʿAffān and his allies we are dissociated. So what do you say, O Ibn al-Zubayr?' He said: 'I have understood what you mentioned about the Prophet ﷺ; he is above what you mentioned and above what you described. I have understood what you mentioned about Abū Bakr and ʿUmar, and you have been granted success and have hit the mark. I have understood what you mentioned about ʿUthmān. Indeed I do not know of anyone among God's creation today more knowledgeable about Ibn ʿAffān and his affair than I. I was with him when the people found fault with him and sought his repentance. He did not leave anything without granting them satisfaction. Then they returned to him with a letter of his, claiming that he wrote it ordering their killing. He said to them: 'I did not write it. If you wish, bring your proof; and if there is none, I will swear to you.' By God, they did not bring him proof, nor did they make him swear; they leaped upon him and killed him. I have heard what you reproached him with, but it is not as you say. Rather, he is worthy of every good. I call you and whoever is present to witness that I am an ally of Ibn ʿAffān and an enemy of his enemies. May God dissociate Himself from you.' At that, they fled from him and separated from him. They headed for the lands of Iraq and Khurāsān, and dispersed throughout them in their bodies, their religions, their doctrines, and their varied, scattered paths, which cannot be controlled or contained, because they are branches of ignorance, the strength of souls, and corrupt belief. Despite this, they took possession of many lands and districts, until these were wrested from them afterward. Nāfiʿ b. al-Azraq al-Ḥanẓalī, ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Ṣaffār al-Saʿdī, ʿAbd Allāh b. Ibāḍ, Ḥanẓalah b. Bayhas, and the Banū al-Māḥūz: ʿAbd Allāh, ʿUbayd Allāh, and al-Zubayr, of the Banū Salīṭ b. Yarbūʿ—all of them from Tamīm—set out until they reached al-Baṣrah. Abū Ṭālūt of the Banū Bakr b. Wāʾil, Abū Fudayk ʿAbd Allāh b. Thawr b. Qays b. Thaʿlabah, and ʿAṭiyyah b. al-Aswad al-Yashkurī departed for al-Yamāmah, where they rose up with Abū Ṭālūt. Then afterward they agreed upon Najdah b. ʿĀmir al-Ḥanafī and abandoned Abū Ṭālūt. As for Nāfiʿ and his companions, they came to al-Baṣrah while they were of the view of Abū Bilāl. They gathered and discussed the virtue of jihād. Nāfiʿ went out at the head of three hundred, and that was when the people rose against Ibn Ziyād and the Khawārij broke the gate of the prison. They went out while the people were distracted from them by the war of the Azd, Rabīʿah, and Tamīm. When Nāfiʿ went out, they followed him, and the people of al-Baṣrah made peace upon ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Ḥārith. The people devoted themselves to the Khawārij and frightened them. Nāfiʿ caught up with al-Ahwāz in Shawwāl of the year sixty-four. Those of them who remained in al-Baṣrah went out to Ibn al-Azraq, except those who did not want to go out that day, among them: ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Ṣaffār and ʿAbd Allāh b. Ibāḍ, and men with them, upon their view. Nāfiʿ considered and saw that the allegiance of those who stayed behind from jihād, those of the Khawārij who sat, was not lawful for him, and that whoever stayed behind from him had no salvation. He said that to his companions and called them to dissociate from them, and that it was not lawful for them to marry them, eat their slaughtered animals, accept their testimony, take knowledge of the religion from them, or inherit from them. He also held the killing of children and indiscriminate attack, and that all the Muslims were unbelievers like the unbelievers of the Arabs: nothing would be accepted from them except Islam or death. Some of them answered him to that and some separated from him. Among those who separated from him was Najdah b. ʿĀmir, and he traveled to al-Yamāmah, where the Khawārij who were there obeyed him and abandoned Abū Ṭālūt. Nāfiʿ wrote to Ibn Ibāḍ and Ibn al-Ṣaffār inviting them and those with them to that. Ibn al-Ṣaffār read the letter but did not read it to his companions, fearing that they would disperse and differ. Ibn Ibāḍ took it and read it, and said: 'God fight him—what an opinion he has seen! Nāfiʿ spoke true: if the people were polytheists, his opinion would be the most correct of all people and his conduct like the conduct of the Prophet ﷺ toward the polytheists. But he has lied in what he says. The people are innocent of polytheism, but they are ungrateful for favors and rulings. Only their blood is lawful to us; anything else is forbidden to us.' Ibn al-Ṣaffār said to him: 'God dissociates Himself from you, for you have fallen short; and God dissociates Himself from Ibn al-Azraq, for he has gone to excess.' The other said: 'God dissociates Himself from you and from him.' The people separated, and the power of Ibn al-Azraq grew strong and his numbers increased. He stayed in al-Ahwāz collecting the land tax and strengthening himself with it. Then he advanced toward al-Baṣrah until he came near the bridge. ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Ḥārith sent against him Muslim b. ʿUbayd b. Kurayz b. Rabīʿah of the people of al-Baṣrah.
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