[Machine] "To go back to your group and not advance upon them; for we have no power over them." So he said, "As for me, I will make a covenant with God not to harm them and I will associate with them." When daylight came, they found that they had filled the earth. So he and his associates attacked and defeated the enemy, gaining much spoils. The people who did not participate in the fight joined them and said, "We are partners with you in the spoils." Those who witnessed the battle said, "You have no share, for you did not participate in the fight." Abdullah bin Zubair, who was among those who fought alongside Habib, wrote to Muawiya saying, "You have no share in this." Muawiya wrote to Umar ibn Al-Khattab about it, and Umar wrote back. And the poet Al-Bahr Al-Rajz said, "Indeed, Habib is a bad companion and the son of Zubair is a trouble-maker. They are not reliable nor trustworthy in people's affairs."  

أَنْ تَرْجِعَ إِلَى فِئَتِكَ وَلَا تَقْدُمْ عَلَى هَؤُلَاءِ؛ فَإِنَّهُ لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِمْ فَقَالَ أَمَّا أَنَا فَأُعْطِي اللهَ عَهْدًا لَا أَخِيسُ بِهِ لَأُخَالِطَنَّهُمْ فَلَمَّا ارْتَفَعَ النَّهَارُ إِذَا هُوَ بِهِمْ قَدْ مَلَئُوا الْأَرْضَ فَحَمَلَ وَحَمَلَ أَصْحَابُهُ فَانْهَزَمَ الْعَدُوُّ وَأَصَابُوا غَنَائِمَ كَثِيرَةً فَلَحِقَ النَّاسُ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يَحْضُرُوا الْقِتَالَ وَقَالُوا نَحْنُ شُرَكَاؤُكُمْ فِي الْغَنِيمَةِ وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ شَهِدُوا الْقِتَالَ لَيْسَ لَكُمْ نَصِيبٌ؛ لَمْ تَحْضُرُوا الْقِتَالَ وَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ وَكَانَ مِمَّنْ حَضَرَ مَعَ حَبِيبٍ لَيْسَ لَكُمْ نَصِيبٌ فَكَتَبَ بِذَلِكَ إِلَى مُعَاوِيَةَ فَكَتَبَ أَنِ اقْسِمْ بَيْنَهُمْ كُلِّهِمْ قَالَ وَأَظُنُّ مُعَاوِيَةَ كَانَ كَتَبَ بِذَلِكَ إِلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ فَكَتَبَ بِذَلِكَ عُمَرُ ؓ وَقَالَ الشَّاعِرُ [البحر الرجز] إِنَّ حَبِيبًا بِئْسَ مَا يُوَاسِي وَابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ ذَاهِبُ الْأَقْسَاسِ لَيْسُوا بِأَنْجَادٍ وَلَا أكيَاسِ وَلَا رَفِيقًا بِأُمُورِ النَّاسِ