Futuhusham_-_The_Islamic_Conquest_of_Syria_-_Al_Waqidi

'Amr bin Sa'idah narrates:
Part 2: Himri
I saw him with an elderly man striking the Romans with his sword and advancing
into their ranks. This man was saying as he attacked, "I am Abu Tharr !"
9) Ibn Unays'" fetches help
'Abdullah bin Unays aI-Juhani'" narrates:
I loved Ja'far. and from amongst his sons I loved' Abdullah •. Then when' Abdullah's
step-father, AbU Bakr ss passed away, I saw that his mother, Asma bint 'Umays was
greatly grieved and that sight pained me. AbU Bakr also loved 'Abdullah intensely.
Abdullah bin Ja'far got permission from 'Umar bin al-Khagab to go to Syria and said to
me, "0 Ibn Unays al-Juhani, I am going as a mujshid with twenty horsemen to Syria. Will
you accompany me?"
I said, "Yes."
He bade farewell to his uncle, 'Ali, and 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both, and
set off for Syria with the twenty horsemen until we reached Tabuk where he asked, "0
Ibn Unays, do you know where my father's grave is?"
I said, "Yes."
He said, "I wish to see it."
We continued until we reached the place, so I showed him where his father had fought
and I showed him the grave which had a stone placed on it. When he saw it, he
dismounted and we dismounted with him. He wept and invoked mercy upon his father.
We remained there until the morning of the second day.
When we departed, I saw him weeping with his face resembling saffron. When I
questioned him, he said, "I saw my father in a dream last night. He was wearing two
green cloths and a crown. He had two wings and had in his hand a drawn green sword
which he gave to me saying, '0 my son, fight your enemies with this, for whatever
you see that I have attained has been by means of Jihad.' It was then as if I fought
with it until it became blunt."
We continued until we reached Abu 'Ubaydah's • army at Damascus.
When I saw the Romans trapping him, I said, '''Abdullah is close to perishing."
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