Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 32588 — Reports on talk about rulers

Wahb bin Kaysan (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I heard Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) say: In the Year of the Jama'ah, Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) sent Busr bin Artah (may Allah have mercy on him) to Madinah to take the pledge of allegiance from its people according to their banners and tribes. On the day when the Ansar were to come to him, Banu Salimah came to him. He said: Is Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) among them? The people said: No. He said: Go back, for I will not take the pledge from them until Sayyiduna Jabir is among them. Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: These people came to me and said: We adjure you by Allah to come with us and pledge allegiance, so that your blood and ours may be safe; for if you do not do so, our men able to fight will be killed and our children will be taken captive. Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I asked them for respite until night. When night came, I went to Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her), the wife of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and told her the whole matter. She said: O my nephew! Go and pledge allegiance, and protect your blood and the blood of your people, for I too have ordered my nephew to pledge allegiance.