Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 32607 — Reports on talk about rulers

Urwah narrates that Sayyiduna Qays bin Sa'd bin Ubadah (may Allah be pleased with him) had been with Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) in the vanguard of his army, and with him were five thousand men who had shaved their heads after the death of Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). When Sayyiduna al-Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) entered into the pledge of allegiance to Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him), Qays refused to enter it. Then he said to his companions: "What do you want? If you wish, I will keep fighting with you forever until the first of us to die has died, and if you wish, I will seek a guarantee of safety for you." They said: "Seek a guarantee of safety for us." So he made peace for them on certain terms and compensation, stipulating that they would not be punished in any way, and he said: "I will be one of them." He made no stipulation for himself. When he set out towards Madinah with his companions, he slaughtered a camel for them every day along the whole route until they reached Madinah.