Yazid bin Dabi’ah ‘Absi narrates from Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that on the day of the Battle of Jamal, he said: No one should pursue a fleeing person, nor should a wounded person be killed.

Abu Nadrah narrates from a man of Banu Dhabiah that when Talha and Zubair were staying among Banu Tahiyah, I mounted my horse and came to them and entered the mosque where they were. I said to them, "You are the companions of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him! Is this an opinion that you are seeing?" So Talha lowered his head and did not say anything, and Zubair spoke and said, "We have been informed that there are a lot of dirhams here, and we have come to take them."

It is narrated from Abdussalam that on the day of the Battle of Jamal, Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) met Hazrat Zubair privately and said, "I ask you by Allah, did you not hear the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say, while you were standing under the shade of such-and-such tribe's hut, leaning on my hand: 'You will fight against him and you will be the one doing wrong, then help will be given against you'?" Hazrat Zubair replied, "Indeed, I heard it, and now I will not fight against you."

Aswad bin Qais says that someone who had seen Hazrat Zubair told me that Hazrat Zubair struck his horse forcefully with a spear. Then Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) called out to him, "O servant of Allah, O servant of Allah." So Hazrat Zubair came until the ears of both their animals were close to each other. Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him, "I ask you by Allah, do you remember the day when the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came and I was whispering to you, so the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, 'Are you whispering to him? By Allah, one day he will fight against you and he will be unjust to you.'" So Hazrat Zubair drove his horse and went back.

It is narrated from Abdullah bin Muhammad that Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) passed by the martyrs of Basra and prayed: O Allah, forgive them. Muhammad bin Abu Bakr and Ammar bin Yasir were with him. Then one said to the other: What are we hearing Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) saying? The other replied: Remain silent, lest because of you he says something more.

Ahnaf bin Qais narrates that when Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) came to the people of Basra, he sent a message to Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that you should return to your home in Medina. But Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) refused. Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) then sent his messenger again, saying, "By Allah, you must return, otherwise I will send against you such women from Bakr bin Wa'il who have sharp knives, and they will attack you with them." When Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) saw this, she departed.

It is narrated from Ibn Abzi that Abdullah bin Budeel came to Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) while she was in a howdah on the day of the Battle of Jamal. He said, "O Mother of the Believers, I ask you by Allah, do you remember that I came to you on the day Hazrat Uthman was martyred? I asked you, 'Hazrat Uthman has been martyred, now what do you command me?' You replied, 'Adhere to Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him).' By Allah, she did not change her statement." Then Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) remained silent. Abdullah bin Budeel repeated this three times, but she remained silent. Abdullah bin Budeel ordered the legs of the she-camel to be cut, so they were cut. Then I and Hazrat Aisha's brother, Muhammad bin Abu Bakr, dismounted and lifted her howdah and placed it before Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). Then, by Hazrat Ali's order, she was taken into Abdullah bin Budeel's house. Ja'far bin Abu Mughira says that his aunt was at Abdullah bin Budeel's house. She narrates that Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said to her, "Let me inside," so I let her in and placed a washbasin (a vessel for washing hands, etc.) and a jug near her and closed the door. She says, "I was looking through the cracks of the door and saw that she was treating her head. I do not know whether there was a wound on her head or an arrow wound."

40636 - Ja'far ibn (Abi) (1) al-Mughira said: My paternal aunt was with Abdullah ibn Budeil, (and my aunt narrated to me) (2) that Aisha said to her: "Let me in." She said: So I let her in (inside) (3) and brought her a basin and a jug and closed the door on her, (she said) (4): So I looked at her through (a gap) (5) in the door while she was tending to something on her head—I do not know if it was a wound or a blow (6).

It is narrated from Amr bin Murrah who says that Sulaiman bin Surad came to Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) after the Battle of Jamal, after the fighting had ended. He was a companion. Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him, "You have disgraced us and you stayed behind from us." Hazrat Sulaiman bin Surad met Hasan and said to him, "Did you not meet the Commander of the Faithful? He said this to me." Hasan replied, "Do not be afraid of what he said, for he is a warrior. I saw him on the day of the Battle of Jamal when I had firmly gripped my sword, and he was saying, 'I wish I had died twenty years before this day.'"

It is narrated from Zaid bin Wahb that Talha and Zubair came to Basra and presented the matter before Sahl bin Hunaif. This news reached Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), although Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) had persuaded them regarding this matter. So Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) came and stayed at the place of Dhi Qar. Then he sent Abdullah bin Abbas to Kufa. The people of Kufa hesitated, then Ammar came to the people of Kufa, and then the people of Kufa set out. Zaid says that I was also among those who set out with Hazrat Ammar. So Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) withheld his hand from Talha and Zubair and their companions and kept calling them to the truth until they themselves initiated the fighting. So fighting took place with them after the Zuhr prayer. The sun had not set when many people were killed defending the camel. Then Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Do not kill the wounded, nor kill those who flee, and whoever closes his door and throws down his weapon is safe. So fighting did not occur except on that evening. The companions of Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) came the next morning and began to demand the spoils of war from Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). So Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "This verse is the saying of Allah, the Exalted: { وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَمَّا غَنِمْتُمْ مِنْ شَیْئٍ فَأَنَّ لِلَّہِ خُمُسَہُ وَلِلرَّسُولِ } Who among you is for Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her)?" They said, "Subhan Allah, she is our mother." Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "Is she forbidden (to you)?" The people said, "Yes!" Then Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "What is forbidden from her (the Mother of the Believers) is also forbidden from her daughters." Then he said, "Is the waiting period (iddah) for their slain husbands not four months and ten days?" The people replied, "Why not." Then he said, "Do these widows not have a quarter and an eighth from the wealth of their husbands?" The people said, "Why not." Then he said, "So why do the orphans not have the right to take from their wealth?" Then he said, "O Qanbar, whoever recognizes his property, let him take his property." So whatever belongings of the opposing people were with the army were returned. Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said to Hazrat Talha and Hazrat Zubair, "Did you not pledge allegiance to me?" They said, "We want to take revenge for the blood of Hazrat Uthman." Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "The blood of Hazrat Uthman is not upon me." Amr bin Qais says that Abu Qais, who was from Hadramaut, told me: When Qanbar called out, 'Whoever recognizes his things, let him take them,' a man passed by us while we were cooking something in a pot. He took that pot. We said, 'Leave it until what is in it is cooked.' Abu Qais says that he kicked the pot and took it away.