(Usd al-ghabah 2/39-40) were of the 'Abd al-Qays and Bakr...

(Usd al-ghabah 2/39-40) were of the 'Abd al-Qays and Bakr ibn Wa'il tribes and asked him to carry out the terms of the peace pact which they had violated, and according to its purport 'Uthman ibn Hunayf should be transferred from prison to the governor's palace and allowed to rule Basra as before until the arrival of 'Ali. Hakim ibn Jabalah ended his talk with these words: " 'Abd Allah!

I swear to God that if I should find some friends and helpers, I would fight you severely for violating your pact and killing a number of innocent Muslims in order to avenge their blood. 'Abd Allah! You do not fear God for putting the Muslims to the sword and shedding their blood." 'Abd Allah ibn az-Zubayr said: "Hakim! We killed them in retaliation of 'Uthman's assassination and shed their blood." Hakim said: " 'Abd Allah! Fear God and this wrath!

For, none of them were 'Uthman's assassin, and none of them took a part in it." 'Abd Allah ibn az-Zubayr said: "Hakim! To be brief our last word is that so long as 'Uthman ibn Hunayf does not depose of 'Ali as caliph, and does not adopt immunity from him, we will not set him free from prison." Here Hakim turned his face to heaven and said: "O just God! Be a witness that I have communicated to these people all the necessary advice and benevolent wishes. But they took no counsel.

You are a just and a true witness." Then Hakim turned to his friends and said: "I consider it my duty to fight these people, and any of you, who does not regard this combat as his duty, can leave the rank of our friends." Saying this, he and his friends attacked 'A'ishah's army and thus a bloody battle ensued between them. In the heat of the fight, a man of 'A'ishah's army took Hakim by surprise and brought his sword down upon his leg, cutting it off at the forced.

Hakim picked up the severed leg and threw it hard at the man's neck, knocking him down and then hopping on one leg, threw himself on the man and killed him, and then leaned against his body. At that moment a passerby asked him who had brought that calamity upon him, Hakim said: "This same man that I am using as a cushion." But as Hakim's wounds were so serious and mortal he died where he was.53 at-Tabari says: After 'A'ishah's army killed Hakim they decide to kill 'Uthman ibn Hunayf.

'Uthman said: "You know that my brother, Sahl ibn Hunayf is the governor of Medina.