[Machine] I asked Sa'id ibn Jubayr and said, "O Abu Abdullah, who carried the flag of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ?" He looked at me and said, "You seem to be in a state of confusion." I became angry and complained about him to his brothers from the Qur'ra (reciters). I said to them, "Are you not amazed by Sa'id? I asked him who carried the flag of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he looked at me and said, 'You seem to be in a state of confusion.'" They said, "You asked him while he was afraid of Al-Hajjaj and had sought refuge in the Ka'bah, so ask him now." So, I asked him and he said, "Ali carried it. This is what I heard from Abdullah ibn Abbas."  

سَأَلْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مَنْ كَانَ حَامِلُ رَايَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَنَظَرَ إِلَيَّ وَقَالَ كَأَنَّكَ رَخِيُّ الْبَالِ فَغَضِبْتُ وَشَكَوْتُهُ إِلَى إِخْوَانِهِ مِنَ الْقُرَّاءِ فَقُلْتُ أَلَا تَعْجَبُونَ مِنْ سَعِيدٍ؟ أَنِّي سَأَلْتُهُ مَنْ كَانَ حَامِلَ رَايَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَنَظَرَ إِلَيَّ وَقَالَ إِنَّكَ لَرَخِيُّ الْبَالِ قَالُوا إِنَّكَ سَأَلْتُهُ وَهُوَ خَائِفٌ مِنَ الْحَجَّاجِ وَقَدْ لَاذَ بِالْبَيْتِ فَسَلْهُ الْآنَ فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ «كَانَ حَامِلَهَا عَلِيٌّ هَكَذَا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ