Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 27735 — The Prophet (peace and blessings be)

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When the people raised their hands from the Battle of Siffin, Sayyiduna Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) said these verses: "War flared up, so I prepared for it a steed tall in the withers and full in the back. It joins one burst of speed to another, and when the horses leap from the gallop, it surges ahead. It is stout, the largest part of it being its belly, and when it is wet with water, it fixes its gaze ahead." And Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) recited these verses: "If the woman named Jumal had seen my bravery at Siffin, her hair would have turned white. When the people of Iraq attacked as dark clouds gather, we came to annihilate our enemies, our ranks like the waves of the sea. When the battle grew fierce between us and them as the day brightened, no one turned his back and no one fled. When someone says that they have swiftly turned their backs, in that very moment more of their battalions appear. They say: 'Pledge allegiance at the hand of Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him),' and we say: 'We will fight.'" (According to the research of Muhammad Awwamah, the attribution of these verses to these eminent Companions is not correct. He has established his position with many proofs. See Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah, vol. 13, p. 304.)