Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَبِي غَنِيَّةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُقْبَةُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ جَدِّ أَبِيهِ الْمُخَارِقِ قَالَ لَقِيتُ عَمَّارًا يَوْمَ الْجَمَلِ وَهُوَ يَبُولُ فِي قَرْنٍ فَقُلْتُ أُقَاتِلُ مَعَكَ فَأَكُونُ مَعَكَ قَالَ قَاتِلْ تَحْتَ رَايَةِ قَوْمِكَ فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَسْتَحِبُّ لِلرَّجُلِ أَنْ يُقَاتِلَ تَحْتَ رَايَةِ قَوْمِهِ.
English Translation
Yahya ibn Abdul-Malik ibn Abi Ghaniyyah narrated to us, who said: Uqbah ibn al-Mughirah narrated to us, from the grandfather of his father, al-Mukharriq, who said: I met Ammar on the Day of the Camel while he was urinating into a horn, and I said: Shall I fight alongside you and be with you? He said: Fight under the banner of your own people, for the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, used to recommend that a man fight under the banner of his own people.