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

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

\nحَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا الأَزْرَقُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ، قَالَ كُنَّا بِالأَهْوَازِ نُقَاتِلُ الْحَرُورِيَّةَ، فَبَيْنَا أَنَا عَلَى جُرُفِ نَهَرٍ إِذَا رَجُلٌ يُصَلِّي، وَإِذَا لِجَامُ دَابَّتِهِ بِيَدِهِ فَجَعَلَتِ الدَّابَّةُ تُنَازِعُهُ، وَجَعَلَ يَتْبَعُهَا ـ قَالَ شُعْبَةُ ـ هُوَ أَبُو بَرْزَةَ الأَسْلَمِيُّ ـ فَجَعَلَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْخَوَارِجِ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ افْعَلْ بِهَذَا الشَّيْخِ‏.‏ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ الشَّيْخُ قَالَ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ قَوْلَكُمْ، وَإِنِّي غَزَوْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم سِتَّ غَزَوَاتٍ أَوْ سَبْعَ غَزَوَاتٍ وَثَمَانِيًا، وَشَهِدْتُ تَيْسِيرَهُ، وَإِنِّي أَنْ كُنْتُ أَنْ أُرَاجِعَ مَعَ دَابَّتِي أَحَبُّ إِلَىَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَدَعَهَا تَرْجِعُ إِلَى مَأْلَفِهَا فَيَشُقَّ عَلَىَّ‏.‏