May Allah-azwj Bless you
وَ رَوَى ابْنُ دَيْزِيلَ فِي كِتَابِ صِفِّينَ عَنْ سَيْفٍ الضَّبِّيِّ عَنِ الصَّعْبِ بْنِ حَكِيمِ بْنِ شَرِيكِ بْنِ نَمْلَةَ الْمُحَارِبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ شَرِيكٍ قَالَ: كَانَ النَّاسُ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ وَ أَهْلِ الشَّامِ يَقْتَتِلُونَ أَيَّامَ صِفِّينَ وَ يَتَزَايَلُونَ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُ الرَّجُلُ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ إِلَى مَكَانِهِ حَتَّى يُسْفِرَ الْغُبَارُ عَنْهُ فَاقْتَتَلُوا يَوْماً وَ أَسْفَرَ الْغُبَارُ فَإِذَا عَلِيٌّ ع تَحْتَ رَايَتِنَا يَعْنِي بَنِي مُحَارِبٍ
And it is reported by Ibn Deyzil in Kitab Siffeen, from Sayf Al Zaby, from Al Sa’ab Bin Hakeem Bin Shareek Bin Namlah Al Muhariby, from his father, from his grandfather Shareek who said,
‘The people from the people of Al-Iraq and the people of Syrian were battling during the days of Siffeen, and were dispersing, and the man was not able to return to his place until dust settled from him. They fought one day and the dust settled, there was Ali-asws beneath our flag, meaning of the clan of Muharib.
فَقَالَ هَلْ مِنْ مَاءٍ فَأَتَيْتُهُ بِإِدَاوَةٍ فَخَنَثْتُهَا لَهُ لِيَشْرَبَ فَقَالَ لَا إِنَّا نُهِينَا أَنْ نَشْرَبَ مِنْ أَفْوَاهِ الْأَسْقِيَةِ ثُمَّ عَلَّقَ سَيْفَهُ وَ إِنَّهُ لَمُخَضَّبٌ بِالدَّمِ مِنْ ظُبَتِهِ إِلَى قَائِمِهِ فَصَبَبْتُ لَهُ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ فَغَسَلَهُمَا حَتَّى أَنْقَاهُمَا
‘He-asws said: ‘Is there any water?’ So, I gave it to him-asws in a waterskin and held it for him-asws to be drinking. He-asws said: ‘No, we-asws are forbidden from the mouth of containers. Then he-asws suspended his-asws sword, and it was dyed (red) with the blood from its end to its hilt. So, I poured it out for him upon his-asws hands, and he-asws washed them until they were clean.
ثُمَّ شَرِبَ بِيَدَيْهِ حَتَّى إِذَا رَوِيَ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَيْنَ مُضَرَ فَقُلْتُ أَنْتَ فِيهِمْ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَقَالَ مَنْ أَنْتُمْ بَارَكَ اللَّهُ فِيكُمْ فَقُلْنَا نَحْنُ بَنُو مُحَارِبٍ فَعَرَفَ مَوْقِفَهُ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى مَوْضِعِهِ
Then he-asws drank with his-asws hands, until when he-asws was saturated, he-asws raised his-asws head, then said: ‘Where are Muzar?’ I said, ‘You are among them, O Amir Al-Momineen-asws’. He-asws said: ‘Who are you, ‘بَارَكَ اللَّهُ فِيكُمْ ’ may Allah-azwj Bless you all’. We said, ‘We are the clan of Muharib’.[1]
[1] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 32, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 12 H 423