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When the army of Mu'awiya was about to be defeated because of the attacks made by [[Malik al-Ashtar]], Mu'awiya asked 'Amr b. al-'As for advice.<ref>Ibn Abī l-Ḥadīd, ''Sharḥ nahj al-balāgha'', vol. 2, p. 210.</ref> By the suggestion of 'Amr b. al-'As and the order of Mu'awiya, people of Syria put volumes of the Qur'an on their spears, shouting: "O' people of [[Iraq]]! Let [[God]] be the arbiter between us". According to some accounts, they also shouted: "O' Arab people! Think about your women and daughters. If you die, who is going to fight the Romans, Turks and the Persians?"<ref>Ibn Muzāḥim, ''Waqʿat ṣiffīn'', p. 478.</ref> They thereby asked for ending the war. Imam Ali (a) ordered his army to continue the war, but most people in his army wanted to accept the arbitration. Thus Imam Ali (a) had to accept the arbitration.<ref>Ibn Muzāḥim, ''Waqʿat ṣiffīn'', p. 490.</ref> | |||
Imam Ali (a) proposed [[Abd Allah b. Abbas]] or Malik al-Ashtar as his arbiter, and proposed [[Ahnaf b. Qays]] as a second or third arbiter, but some people did not accept his suggestions, and imposed [[Abu Musa al-Ash'ari]] to Imam Ali (a) as an arbiter. And people of Syria elected [['Amr b. al-'As]] as their representative for arbitration.<ref>Ibn Aʿtham, ''al-Futūḥ'', vol. 4, p. 197-198.</ref> | Imam Ali (a) proposed [[Abd Allah b. Abbas]] or Malik al-Ashtar as his arbiter, and proposed [[Ahnaf b. Qays]] as a second or third arbiter, but some people did not accept his suggestions, and imposed [[Abu Musa al-Ash'ari]] to Imam Ali (a) as an arbiter. And people of Syria elected [['Amr b. al-'As]] as their representative for arbitration.<ref>Ibn Aʿtham, ''al-Futūḥ'', vol. 4, p. 197-198.</ref> | ||