Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 40140 — Those who disliked going out during

It is narrated from Abu al-Gharif: We were in the vanguard of Sayyiduna al-Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), twelve thousand in number, at the place called Maskin, in a state of longing for death, and our swords were dripping out of our earnest resolve to fight the people of Syria. Abu al-Amartah was the commander over us. Abu al-Gharif said: When the news of the peace between Sayyiduna al-Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) reached us, it was as if our backs were broken by grief and anger at that news. The narrator Abu al-Gharif said: When Sayyiduna al-Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) came to Kufah, a man from among us whose kunyah was Abu Amir stood up and began to say: "Peace be upon you, O humiliator of the believers!" Sayyiduna al-Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Abu Amir, do not say this. Rather, I disliked killing them in seeking kingship," or he said, "over kingship."