Yahya bin Sa'id narrates from his paternal uncle that on the day of the Battle of the Camel, Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) had it proclaimed among the people: "Let no one shoot an arrow, nor thrust a spear, nor strike with a sword, nor pursue anyone, for this is a situation in which whoever prevails will also be successful on the Day of Resurrection." He related: Then we lined up facing one another. Then those people called out with one voice: "O avengers of Uthman's blood!" He said: Ibn al-Hanafiyyah was a short distance ahead of us carrying the banner. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) called him, and he turned towards us and said: O Commander of the Believers! They are calling out: O avengers of Uthman's blood. At this Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) raised his hands and supplicated: 'Allahumma akibba qatalata Uthmana al-yawma li-wujuhihim' (O Allah, today throw the killers of Uthman down upon their faces). Then Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) said to the troops that were with him: Shower them with a volley of arrows, as though he wanted the fighting to begin. When his companions saw the fighting beginning, they did not wait and they charged, and then Allah defeated them. And Marwan bin al-Hakam shot an arrow at Sayyiduna Talhah bin Ubaydullah (may Allah be pleased with him) which pinned his shin to the side of his horse. The horse bolted with him until Marwan caught up with him and martyred him. Then Marwan turned to Aban bin Uthman, who was with him, and said: "I have taken your revenge on one of your father's killers."