- Sal uli , ▁to ▁gather ▁intelligence ▁on ▁U bay d ▁Al lah ' s ▁troops . ▁Al - Sal uli ▁ex changed ▁words ▁and ▁ins ult s ▁with ▁one ▁of ▁U bay d ▁Al lah ' s ▁soldiers ▁and ▁returned ▁to ▁I bn ▁al - As ht ar ▁with ▁news ▁that ▁the ▁Um ay y ads ▁were ▁in ▁" a ▁state ▁of ▁confusion ▁and ▁dis may ". ▁I bn ▁al - As ht ar ▁then ▁review ed ▁his ▁troops ▁and ▁r al lied ▁them ▁to ▁fight ▁a ▁j ih ad ▁( hol y ▁war ) ▁against ▁the ▁" m ur der er ▁of ▁Hus ay n ", ▁i . e . ▁U bay d ▁Al lah . ▁ ▁When ▁I bn ▁al - As ht ar ▁returned ▁to ▁his ▁position , ▁he ▁dis mount ed ▁and ▁the ▁Um ay y ads ▁advanced . ▁In ▁command ▁of ▁the ▁Um ay y ad ▁right ▁wing ▁was ▁Hus ay n ▁ibn ▁Num ay r , ▁in ▁command ▁of ▁the ▁left ▁wing ▁was ▁Um ay r ▁ibn ▁al - Hub ab , ▁while ▁Sh ur ah bil ▁ibn ▁D hi ' l ▁K ala ' ▁al - H im y ari ▁led ▁the ▁caval ry . ▁U bay d ▁Al lah ▁march ed ▁along ▁with ▁his ▁foot ▁soldiers . ▁As ▁the ▁battle ▁lines ▁became ▁closer , ▁Hus ay n ▁ibn ▁Num ay r ' s ▁right ▁wing ▁assault ed ▁al - J ush ami ' s ▁left ▁wing . ▁Al - J ush ami ▁fell ,