373. Ibn Jarīr aṭ-Ṭabarī has, in his history (vol. 2, p. 1086; also Ibn al-Athīr in his history, vol. 4, p. 478), related from ‘Abd ar-Raḥmān ibn Abī Laylā, al-faqīh (the theologian), who was one of those who had risen with (‘Abd ar-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad) Ibn al-Ash‘ath to fight al-Ḥajjāj (ibn Yusuf ath-Thaqafī), that he (Ibn Abī Laylā) was exhorting people to jihād by recalling: On the occasion of encounter with the people of Syria I heard Amīr al-mu’minīn, may Allāh exalt his degree of rank among the righteous and may He reward him the reward of martyrs and men of truth, saying: