The black banners

Sayyiduna al-Harith bin Hassan (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I came to Madinah, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was seated on the pulpit, and Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him) was standing before him with a sword hanging from his shoulder. Suddenly black banners appeared, and I asked: Who are these? The people told me: Sayyiduna Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) has returned from a battle.

Amrah (may Allah have mercy on her) said that the standard of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was black, made from a woollen sheet of Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that had camel-saddle patterns on it.

Al-Hasan said that the standard of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was black, and it was named al-Uqab.

Hurayth said: In the Battle of the Camel the standard of Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was black, and the standard of those people was a camel.

Hurayth said: In the Battle of the Camel the standard of Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was black, and the standard of Sayyiduna Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) was a camel.

Usamah bin Zayd said: Our elders narrated to us that the standard of Sayyiduna Khalid bin al-Walid (may Allah be pleased with him) on the day of Damascus was black.

Sayyiduna al-Bara' bin Azib (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I met my maternal uncle, and he had a standard with him. I said: Where are you headed? He said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) has sent me to a man who married his father's wife after his father's death, to kill him or strike off his neck.