Musnad Abi Ya'la 7351 — I returned with Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah

Abdullah bin al-Harith bin Nawfal (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates: I returned with Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Battle of Siffin. Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Abu al-A'war al-Sulami (may Allah be pleased with him) were travelling on one side, and I saw them (the others) travelling on another side, and I was between them, with no one there except me. Sometimes I would spur my mount towards these, and sometimes I would go towards those. Meanwhile I heard Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) say to his father (Sayyiduna Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him)): "O father! Did you not hear the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say about Sayyiduna Ammar (may Allah be pleased with him), when he was building the mosque: 'You are very eager for reward'?" He said: "Yes (I heard it)." He said again: "And did you not hear: 'You are among the people of Paradise, and a rebellious group will kill you'?" He replied: "Yes, I heard that." Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: "Then why did you people kill him?" At this Sayyiduna Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) turned to Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: "O Abu Abd al-Rahman! Do you not hear what this one is saying?" He said again: "Did you not hear the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say to Sayyiduna Ammar (may Allah be pleased with him), when he was building the mosque: 'Woe to you! You are very eager for reward, and a rebellious group will kill you'?" He said: "Yes, I heard it." He asked again: "Then why did you people kill him?" Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Woe to you! You keep slipping in your own errors. Was it we who killed him? He was killed only by those who brought him along with them."