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The Flag-Bearer at Every Battle
From the life of Hazrat Ali (ra) bin Abi Talib
From the life of Hazrat Ali (ra) bin Abi Talib
Hazrat Tha‘labah (ra) bin Abi Malik relates that Hazrat Saad (ra) bin Ubadah would be the flag-bearer for the Holy Prophet (sa) at the occasion of every battle; however, when the actual battle would commence, Hazrat Ali (ra) would take hold of the flag.
(Ali Ibn al-Athir, Usdul Ghabah fi Ma‘rifatis Sahabah, Vol. 4, [Beirut, Lebanon: Dar al-Fikr, 2003], p. 93)