Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 40105 — Those who disliked going out during

It is narrated from Urwah that he said: Sayyiduna Qays bin Sa'd bin Ubadah (may Allah be pleased with him) was with Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) as commander of his vanguard, and with him were five thousand men who had shaved their heads after Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) died. When Sayyiduna al-Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) entered into allegiance to Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him), Sayyiduna Qays refused to enter into it. He said to his companions: "What do you wish? If you wish, I will fight alongside you forever, until the one who hastens most dies; and if you wish, I will obtain safe conduct for you." They said: "Obtain safe conduct for us." So he obtained (a covenant) for them that they would have such and such, and that they would not be punished with anything, and that "I am one man among them"; and he took no special covenant for himself. When he set off toward Madinah and travelled with his companions, he would slaughter a camel for them every day until they reached (Madinah).