Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that I was between Hazrat Khalid bin Walid and Hazrat Bara’ during the Battle of Yamama. Hazrat Khalid sent an army for battle, but they were defeated and returned. After that, Hazrat Bara’ was overcome with trembling, and I calmed him by laying him down on the ground. He was saying, “My fast has been broken.” Then Hazrat Khalid sent another group for battle, but they too were defeated and returned. Hazrat Khalid raised his gaze towards the sky and then looked at the ground for a long time. Whenever Hazrat Khalid intended to do something, he would do so in this manner. Then he said, “O Bara’! You attack.” Hazrat Bara’ asked, “Right now?” He replied, “Yes, right now.” So Hazrat Bara’ mounted his horse and began to strike it with a whip. That scene is as if before my eyes when the horse was shaking its tail. He praised and glorified Allah and said, “O people of the city! You have no city. Allah is One, and with Him is Paradise for you.” Then Hazrat Bara’ attacked, and the people attacked with him, and the people of Yamama were defeated. Then Hazrat Bara’ entered the fortress of Yamama and faced the chief of Yamama. He attacked Hazrat Bara’, but Hazrat Bara’ thwarted his attack and struck him down. Then he took the sword of the chief of Yamama and beheaded him. Then he said, “May Allah disappoint whoever among you remains.” Then he threw away his sword and picked up his own sword.