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Narrated Al-Azraq bin Qais:We were at Al-Ahwaz fighting the Al-Haruriya (tribe). While I was at the bank of a river a man was praying and the reins of his animal were in his hands and the animal was struggling and he was following the animal. (Shu`ba, a sub-narrator, said that man was Abu Barza Al-Aslami). A man from the Khawarij said, "O Allah! Be harsh to this sheik." And when the sheik (Abu Barza) finished his prayer, he said, "I heard your remark. No doubt, I participated with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in six or seven or eight holy battles and saw his leniency, and no doubt, I would rather retain my animal than let it return to its stable, as it would cause me much trouble

حدثنا ادم، حدثنا شعبة، حدثنا الازرق بن قيس، قال كنا بالاهواز نقاتل الحرورية، فبينا انا على جرف نهر اذا رجل يصلي، واذا لجام دابته بيده فجعلت الدابة تنازعه، وجعل يتبعها قال شعبة هو ابو برزة الاسلمي فجعل رجل من الخوارج يقول اللهم افعل بهذا الشيخ. فلما انصرف الشيخ قال اني سمعت قولكم، واني غزوت مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ست غزوات او سبع غزوات وثمانيا، وشهدت تيسيره، واني ان كنت ان اراجع مع دابتي احب الى من ان ادعها ترجع الى مالفها فيشق على