Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 40637 — The journey of Aishah, Ali, Talhah

It is reported from Amr bin Murrah: Sayyiduna Sulayman bin Surad came to Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) after he had finished the fighting on the day of the Battle of the Camel; he was a Companion of the Prophet (peace be upon him). Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: "You abandoned us and held back from us, and you did this before the eyes of the people?" Sayyiduna Sulayman bin Surad met Sayyiduna al-Hasan bin Ali and said to him: "What I have met with from the Commander of the Believers! He said such and such to me before the eyes of the people." Sayyiduna al-Hasan said: "Do not be alarmed by this from him, for he is a man at war. I saw him on the day of the Battle of the Camel, when the swords had taken their toll, saying: 'I wish that I had died twenty years before this day.'"