What brought you here?
We have come to fetch water
No water will be given to you
Mu'awiya!
Alas, what happened to the nation of Muhammad!
Did you not hear the Messenger of Allah say...
"Muslims are partners in three things pasture, water and fire"
Give them a way to fetch water
Step aside, Aba al-Awar or we'll get what we seek by our swords
- Let it be, you can't get water - We'll not return without water
Is it of honor and religion to deprive Muslims from water?
Is it of honor and religion for you to oppress them?
Stop!
Give them a way to fetch water
''Episode 14''
Giving us a way to fetch water
I swear, I see this as nothing but a gesture to peace, let us strive for it
He allowed it only out of fear when he saw us approaching ready to fight them
As for me, it would be wiser to hasten to war and force them into submission
Be patient, Ammar Let's give peace a chance
I'll send someone to urge him to pledge allegiance
Perhaps now, he'll be relent seeing the Muslims verge for battle
Uday, Uday
We have grown weary of messages and messengers, Commander of the Faithful
We have sent countless envoys but to no avail
I'm now almost certain that Mu'awiya will not accept what we demand of him
Yet, what if there is a gap for peace through which we could spare Muslim blood?
Go see him
May Allah grant us peace between us through you
At your command, my Lord
- Who is the sender of this letter? - Utba
He has sent word...
that when the king of Byzantines heard of us being overwhelmed with our war with Ali
he saw an opportunity to seize our lands and mobilized his troops towards them
Habib
Write a letter to the king of Byzantines and inform him...
that by Allah, if he doesn't stop and return to his lands
I shall make peace with my cousin, Ali and expel him from his lands
and we will make the world so tight around him
Send the letter at once
Uday Ibn Hatem Al-Tai seeks permission to meet you, my Lord
Let him in
Peace be upon you Aba Abd al-Rahman
- and be upon you - and be upon you, and blessings of Allah
Welcome, noble son of a noble father
We're here alone, Ibn Hatim as you requested, speak up!
Your cousin Ali calls upon you to pledge allegiance to him
to prevent shedding Muslim blood
Listen, Ibn Hatim
Ali Ibn Abi Talib is no eager than us to preserve the blood of the Muslims
We didn't seek retribution for the Commander of the Faithful, Uthman
except to preserve the blood of the Muslims
Then?
Let Ali hand over the murderers of Uthman who now stand within his army
and to carry out the retribution upon them
Then we shall pledge allegiance to Ali and obey him
Al-Ashtar was right Commander of the Faithful
He refuses to pledge allegiance and demands the murderers of Uthman
before anything else
O Allah, I have conveyed the message
O Allah, bear witness
Then, let it be war
"The Battle of Siffin Year 37 After the Hijra"
Al-Ashtar
Habib Ibn Maslama
Abu al-Awar al-Sulami
Qays Ibn Saad
Obeid Allah Ibn Umar Ibn al-Khattab
Mihriz Ibn Sahsah
- Allah Akbar - Allah Akbar
Allah Akbar
- The sword of Umar Ibn al-Khattab - Allah Akbar
- Let him be - Allah Akbar
- Ammar Ibn Yasser
Amr Ibn al-As
Go back, Ibn Yasser
I don't wish to bear the burden of your death
I die with every strike of the sword
We are our own executioners
What other choice do we have Aba Abd al-Rahman?
We have agreed upon duels between our battalions
to spare greater bloodshed
I only wish that Ali had heeded our demands
We shall all be accountable on the Day of Judgement, Habib
for every soul taken in this battle
Listen to me, Mu'awiya
You have set out to uphold the truth
the justice and the retribution
How have we let slip the reins of this nation to find ourselves in the abyss?
Among these soldiers stand those who once conquered Persia and Byzantium
Now they're fighting among themselves until the king of Byzantines coveted our lands
Are you thinking of halting the war and submitting to Ali?
How can I do so when I am the avenger of the death of the Commander of the Faithful?
What do you intend to do, then?
I ponder another path to justice one not paved with war
If you mean that we should negotiate once more with Ali...
He is deaf to all but his own voice
Perhaps another voice must touch his heart
I hope this request to meet me carries within it a call to peace
I have come to prevent the shedding of blood
I didn't seek war from the beginning I sought only to see you
It was you who first marched by your army towards Syria
It was you who disobeyed
when you refused to pledge allegiance to the Commander of the Faithful
I didn't refuse to pledge allegiance to you nor do I see anyone more deserving than you
I only asked that we first exact justice upon the murderers of Uthman
I told you that we wouldn't punish them until the nation found stability
Otherwise, it will lead to discord and here you ignited it
It is you who ignited it and you alone can put an end to it at once
if you deliver to us the murderers
Who are the murderers of Uthman, Mu'awiya?
Can you name them?
We both know them
Do you mean the thousands who besieged his house..
and spread terror in the whole city?
Or the tribes who sent their sons to that siege?
The first stands beside you now in your war against us
The second is the Governor you appointed over Egypt
and the rest are within your army
It's not just to pass judgement based on suspicions
We need time to verify what truly happened
We don't act upon mere suspicions but upon clear proof
Anyone who incited, encouraged or rallied the people
is a complicit in the killing of the Commander of the Faithful
Ali, does the blood of Uthman not weigh upon you?
How can you feel safe with them, now that you are the Commander of the Faithful?
Do you accept that a faction of murderers lead the entire nation into war?
How can you look into the eyes of the murderers before you, brother?
Justice of Allah can't be enforced while the nation is in turmoil
This will lead to war among the people and bloodshed among the tribes
Had you obeyed me and pledged allegiance to me
and provided me with the means to uphold security and justice
then retribution could have been imposed without discord taking root in our nation
Instead of fighting me...
the army of Syria would have been my sword to establish justice
How could my army be your sword...
when I'm certain that you wouldn't allow me to govern Syria for even a moment?
I dismissed you only so that the people may know that the governors named by Uthman
who provoked all this outrage
are now under the authority of the new Commander of the Faithful
I haven't pledged allegiance to you thus you can't dismiss me
This way, you hand us over to the murderers just as you did with Uthman
Tell me, Ali Who killed Talha and al-Zubayr?
Talha and al-Zubayr it was they who ignited the war
They renounced their allegiance to me
Had they waited...
they would have spared us the bloodshed on the day of the Battle of the Camel
You don't seek the murderers of Uthman
nor you wish to establish the justice of Allah
You only seek an excuse for this discord you rush to fuel
Order today the handing over of Uthman's murderers
and Syria's army will be at your command
then, I'll pledge allegiance to you
Let the sword decide between us, then
Those who have committed injustice shall soon know what fate awaits them
We draw closer to Allah through this war
By Allah, we fight only those who wronged Uthman
"Allah loves not the unjust"
This is but a war among the Muslims
If we find one of your wounded we shall not kill him
If one among you retreat in fear we shall not pursue him
Your money is forbidden to us
We shall not fight the Muslims as we fight the polytheists
Should you change your mind today or tomorrow
I shall be the first to embrace peace
No retribution before pledging allegiance
And no pledging allegiance before retribution
Those have unjustly murdered their Caliph
They've murdered the Caliph of the Prophet
Uthman Ibn Affan
Now, they order us not seek revenge from his killers, do you accept this?
Today...
is the day that shall separate truth from falsehood
Those who fight us today
refuse to pledge allegiance to us only so they may revel in wealth and power
Will you allow the soldiers of falsehood to prevail this day?
Murderers of Uthman
if you stand against us, we shall fight you without involving the rest of the Muslims
Allah Akbar, Allah Akbar
Come out, murderers!
Hand over the murderers, Ali!
- Allah Akbar - Allah Akbar
Allah Akbar, Allah Akbar
- Allah Akbar - Allah Akbar
Archers, get ready
Mu'awiya!
- Loose the arrows - Loose the arrows
Ammar Ibn Yasir has been killed
- Ammar Ibn Yasir has been killed - Ammar Ibn Yasir has been killed
Ammar Ibn Yasir has been killed
- What did you say? - Ammar, of whom the Prophet said
"he shall be killed by the transgressing party"
I'm the enemy of that party
Silence!
"We belong to Allah and to Him we shall return"
Encircle us
When did the Prophet say this?
Abdullah says that some heard him say it as they built the mosque in Medina
If Ali and those with him knew these words of the Prophet
and sent him forth to battle us
then they're the one who sentenced him to death
Soldiers!
Fight the transgressing party
Fight those who sent Ammar forth forcing us to kill him
Fight them!
Fight the transgressing party
Fight them!
Fight the transgressing party
Muhajir
Our slain are in thousands
The land grows heavy with the blood of men
and nothing has changed we attack them and they attack in return
May Allah have mercy upon them
What do you say, Aba Abd al-Rahman?
We must find a way to end this war
I don't think that this is possible
Not after hostility has erupted
and ranks divided and blood spilled
Ali will not retreat
He will not retreat
and his soldiers gained the upper hand over us
Mu'awiya
Do you think of pledging allegiance to him?
No, no, no
But I think that what grieves us grieves Ali as well
and as loss afflicts us both...
there must be, without doubt a way forward
Behold the Book of Allah Behold the Book of Allah
Behold the Book of Allah...
- Behold the Book of Allah - Fight them!
They do not truly hold to the Book
Do not fight them while they raise the Book of Allah
- Behold the Book of Allah - Form a barrier!
- Behold the Book of Allah - Form a barrier
Behold the Book of Allah
We're on the verge of defeating them
The Book of Allah stands supreme above us and them
Commander of the Faithful
This is nothing but a trick now that defeat is near
Command the return to battle let nothing stand between us and them
We shall not do as you ask nor shall we bear this sin with you
I implore you, Aba al-Hasan...
It's not Ali Ibn Abi Talib who turns his back to Qur'an
Had the people obeyed, we would have preserved the blood of the Muslims
If they return to combat, we shall return Commander of the Faithful
We thought that your prayer was an act of renunciation, a yearning to meet Allah
Yet I see nothing in your prayer but an escape from death to life
- Beware, Ashtar! - Enough, enough
Sheathe your swords!
By Allah, this is all Mu'awiya desired
The minds of the Qura' have turned rigid Commander of the Faithful
They no longer heed our words
I spoke to them about Musa al-Ashari
but they refuse that anyone else should be chosen for arbitration
I think they chose him for no other reason...
than that he refrained from fighting us after you were given allegiance
How can we entrust our fate to a man or the destiny of this nation
when he turned his back on us during war?
Abu Musa is a good man, Aba Ibrahim
Indeed, he's a good man
But not a man of war nor of politics
and he deterred the people from supporting you without shame
Aba Al-Hassan Commander of the Faithful
our hearts remain with you and our swords are drawn against them
Why have you halted the combat?
Whenever I see the obedience of the people of Syria to Mu'awiya
without dispute...
I see dispute and disobedience in my army
I loathe this situation
I loathe war
I loathe division
I loathe discord
Such men don't fight among our ranks, Aba Ibrahim
We can't fight while the hearts of our army are shattered
Let's accept Abu Moussa
Let's see where this will lead
This is what has been agreed upon by the Commander of the Faithful, Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Let's write instead...
Slow down, Abdullah
Ali Ibn Abi Talib
They haven't pledged allegiance to you as their commander, right Aba Al-Hassan?
We don't accept that
You are the Commander of the Faithful
Let's follow the tradition of the Prophet, Malek
I was one of the scribes of the Prophet peace and blessings be upon Him
on the Day of Hudaybiyyah
They said...
You are not the Messenger of Allah and we don't bear witness to it
Write your name and the name of your father
He commanded me to do so
It is true...
Write down...
This is what has been agreed upon...
Ali Ibn Abi Talib and Mu'awiya Ibn Abi Sufyan
Ali represents the people of Kufa and those with them
and Mu'awiya represents...
the people of Syria and those with them
that we will align...
to the judgement of Allah and His Book
and nothing else will unite us
and that the Book of Allah
will be our judge
from its beginning to its end
We revive what He has given life to
and cause to perish what He has caused to perish
and that the two arbitrators...
are...
Abu Moussa Al-Ashari
and Amr Ibn Al-As
and whatever the two arbitrators find within the Book of Allah
they shall abide by it
The two arbitrators took...
from Ali, and Mu'awiya and both armies
oaths and covenants
that they and their families will be safe and secure
"Dawmat al-Jandal"
How can we pardon those who killed Uthman, Aba Musa? How?
You seek the murderers of Uthman
yet thousands have died because of his death in the battles of the Camel and Siffin
the nation has been torn apart in the name of this cause
Won't you submit to the Commander of the Faithful and pledge allegiance to him
and we help him to bring those murderers to justice of Allah?
Ali has no intention of doing so
He is under their control and protection
A man can't take retribution without resorting to justice
and without proving who the murderers were and who the accomplices were
He judges each according to what they deserve
How can we hold them accountable based on doubt, Aba Abdullah?
We saw the people who gathered before the house of Uthman, Aba Moussa
and we know those who stand behind this discord
Some were blinded by their wrath against Uthman, so they besieged his home
But his murderers, that's another matter
Naming the murderers demands evidence and witnesses
Both sides claim justice and yet the nation is lost between them
If we're bound to avoid discord
and to obey our leaders
we're also bound to avenge a soul killed unjustly or through corruption on earth
Ali's allies...
have pledged allegiance to him
and won't revoke it
and the Umayyads...
have entrusted the blood of Uthman to Mu'awiya
and they will not turn back from that either
Ali, you've cast aside a robe that Allah had chosen for you
You have allowed men to judge when the only true Judge is Allah
You have asked for it once they've raised the Qur'ans
Cursed be you for what you have sought
We didn't ask Amr Ibn al-As to pass judgement on a law of Allah
- We didn't ask for this - Not Amr Ibn al-As
Enough! Enough!
Bring me a Qur'an Bring me a Qur'an
Qur'an, speak!
Qur'an, speak say something to the people
Your companions, who have defied me and blame me
for having agreed to terms with Mu'awiya and asked to turn to the Book of Allah
Here is the Book of Allah I call upon it to speak
Speak, Qur'an Judge between us
Do not deceive us! We speak only what we understand from the Book of Allah
You have made terms with Mu'awiya and abandoned your post as a Commander
and you have renounced to the caliphate through an agreement with him
It is you who defied the Book of Allah, Ali
- Mind your manners or else... - Hold on!
Do you want me to remind you what I said regarding Hudaybiyyah?
Did the Prophet discard a robe that Allah had chosen for him?
You recite the words of Allah yet you don't understand them
You are more dangerous to Islam than polytheists and hypocrites
Ali deceives us
The only Judge is Allah
It is a word of truth uttered with the intent of falsehood
Allah is the only Judge