And it has been reported by Saeed Bin Al-Musayyab that Rasool-Allah -saww said: ‘They were resembled for me -saww Ja’far -asws and Zayd and Abdullah in a tent of gems, each one of them was upon a bed, and I -saww saw Zayd and Ibn Rawaha having a block in their necks, and I -saww saw Ja’far -asws standing not having a scarf in him -asws .
I -saww asked, and it was said to me -saww , ‘These two, when they were overwhelmed by the death, turned away and blocked with their faces, and as for Ja’far -asws , he -asws did not do so’’. و روى الشعبي قال سمعت عبد الله بن جعفر يقول كنت إذا سألت عمي عليا ع شيئا فمنعني أقول له بحق جعفر فيعطيني.
And it reported from Al-Shabi who said, ‘I heard Abdullah son of Ja’far -asws saying, ‘Whenever I asked my uncle -asws Ali -asws about something, and he -asws prevented me, I would say to him ‑asws , ‘By the right of Ja’far -asws ’, so he -asws would grant me’’. وَ رُوِيَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص لَمَّا أَتَاهُ قَتْلُ جَعْفَرٍ وَ زَيْدٍ بِمُؤْتَةَ بَكَى وَ قَالَ أَخَوَايَ وَ مُؤْنِسَايَ وَ مُحَدِّثَايَ.
And it is reported that Rasool-Allah -saww , when there came to him -saww (the news of) killing of Ja’far -asws and Zayd at Motah, he -saww cried and said: ‘My -saww two brothers and my -saww comforters and my -saww discussers’’.
[5] Brief account of the Battle of Motah: المحاسن النَّوْفَلِيُّ عَنِ السَّكُونِيِّ عَنْ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ ع قَالَ: لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ مُؤْتَةَ كَانَ جَعْفَرٌ عَلَى فَرَسِهِ فَلَمَّا الْتَقَوْا نَزَلَ عَنْ فَرَسِهِ فَعَرْقَبَهَا بِالسَّيْفِ وَ كَانَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ عَرْقَبَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ. (The book) ‘Al-Mahasin’ – Al-Nowfali, from Al-Sakuni, ‘From Ja’far -asws , from his -asws father -asws having said: ‘When it was the day of Motah, Ja’far -asws was upon his -asws horse.
When they met (in battle), he -asws descended from his -asws horse and hamstrung it with the sword, and he -asws was the first one to hamstrung his -asws horse in Al-Islam’’. [6] الكافي عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ النَّوْفَلِيِ مِثْلَهُ.