قَالَ نَوْفٌ : وَعَقَدَ لِلْحُسَيْنِ (عليه السلام) فِي عَشَرَةِ آلَافٍ، وَلِقَيْسِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ فِي عَشَرَةِ آلَافٍ، وَلِأَبِي أَيُّوبَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ فِي عَشَرَةِ آلَافٍ، وَلِغَيْرِهِمْ عَلَى أَعْدَادٍ أُخَرَ، وَهُوَ يُرِيدُ الرَّجْعَةَ إِلَى صِفِّينَ، فَمَا دَارَتِ الْجُمُعَةُ حَتَّى ضَرَبَهُ الْمَلْعُونُ ابْنُ مُلْجَمٍ لَعَنَهُ اللَّهُ فَتَرَاجَعَتِ الْعَسَاكِرُ، فَكُنَّا كَأَغْنَامٍ فَقَدَتْ رَاعِيهَا، تَخْتَطِفُهَا الذِّئَابُ مِنْ كُلِّ مَكَانٍ.
Nawf says : Then Amīr al-mu’minīn put Ḥusayn  over (a force of) ten thousand, Qays ibn Sa‘d (mercy of Allāh be upon him) over ten thousand, Abū Ayyūb al-Anṣārī over ten thousand, and others over different numbers, intending to return to Ṣiffīn, but Friday did not appear again and the accursed Ibn Muljam (May Allāh curse him) killed him. Consequently, the armies came back and were left like sheep who had lost their shepherd while wolves were snatching them away from all sides.