to him—the supporters of ʿAli.” They were reluctant but, out of fear, they pledged.

Jāriyah then marched on until he reached Madinah, where Abū Hurayrah was leading the prayer. Abū Hurayrah fled, and Jāriyah said, “By Allah, had I laid my hands on Abū Sannūr, I would have struck off his neck!” He then told the people of Madinah, “Give your allegiance to al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAli.” They did so, and he remained with them [for a day]. After that he set out for Kufah, and Abū Hurayrah resumed leading them in prayer.

Ibn Jarīr said (1): In this same year a truce was concluded between ʿAli and Muʿāwiyah after an exchange of letters too lengthy to recount. The agreement stipulated that the dominion of Iraq would belong to ʿAli and [the dominion of] Syria to Muʿāwiyah, and that neither of them would enter the jurisdiction of the other with an army, a raid, or a military expedition.

He then related—through Ziyād, from Ibn Isḥāq—what amounts to the following: Muʿāwiyah wrote to ʿAli, “To proceed: the ummah has shed one another’s blood; Iraq is yours and Syria is mine.” ʿAli (may Allah be pleased with him) accepted that, and each withheld from fighting the other, sent his troops back to his own territory, and the matter was settled on that basis.

Ibn Jarīr said (2): In this year Ibn ʿAbbās left Basra for Mecca and relinquished his post, according to the majority of the historians. Some, however, rejected this, claiming that he remained governor of Basra until al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAli made peace with Muʿāwiyah, and that he was present at the treaty, just as Abū ʿUbaydah explicitly states (3), as will be mentioned.

Ibn Jarīr then recounted the reason for Ibn ʿAbbās’s departure from Basra: he had spoken to the judge Abū al-Aswad al-Duʾalī in harsh, disparaging terms. Abū al-Aswad therefore wrote to ʿAli, complaining of Ibn ʿAbbās and impugning his honour, alleging that he had taken some of the people’s money from the public treasury. ʿAli sent for Ibn ʿAbbās, reproached him for that, and pressed the issue upon him (4). Ibn ʿAbbās became angry and wrote back to ʿAli: “Send whomever you wish to your post, for I am leaving it. Peace.”

[Ibn ʿAbbās then left] for Mecca with his maternal uncles of Banū Hilāl, and the whole of Qays followed them. He had taken with him a sum from the public treasury that had accrued to him from his salary and from the revenues of spoils. When he departed, other groups followed; Banū Ghanm overtook them and tried to prevent them from proceeding. Some fighting ensued, after which they separated, and Ibn ʿAbbās entered Mecca.

Account of the slaying of the Commander of the Believers ʿAli ibn Abī Ṭālib, the Prophetic ḥadiths that speak of it, and the proofs of Prophethood contained therein regarding the foretelling of his death and how it occurred.

The Commander of the Believers (may Allah be pleased with him) had seen his affairs begin to unravel (5): his army had fallen into disorder, and the people of