Flag-Bearer at the Battle of Hunain

The Battle of Hunain took place in Shawwal of 8 AH. In a narration, it is stated that during the Battle of Hunain, the flag of the Muhajireen was carried by Hazrat Ali (ra). During the Battle of Hunain, owing to a ferocious attack by the disbelievers, only a handful of companions remained around the Holy Prophet (sa) and Hazrat Ali (ra) was among them.

(Sirat Khatamun-Nabiyyin, Hazrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad (ra), p. 840) (Ibn Saad, Al-Tabaqat al-Kubra, Vol. 2, Dhikr Adad Maghazi Rasul Allah (sa) … [Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Ihya al-Turath al-Arabi, 1996], 325)