کتاب الفتن · نُعیم بن حماد

Al-Walid bin Muslim told us, on the authority of Abu Ubaidah Al-Ashja’i, on the authority of Abu Umayyah Al-Kalbi, on the authority of a sheikh who entered pre-Islamic times and his eyebrows fell over his eyes. He said: “If the people of the black banners disagreed, they separated into three groups: a group calling for the Banu Fatima, a group calling for the Banu Abbas, and a group calling for themselves.”

Then Al-Sufyani appears against the Marwanites and kills them, then he follows the Banu Marwan and kills them, then he approaches the people of the East and the Banu Abbas until he enters Kufa. Al-Sufyani disputes in Damascus with one of the Banu Marwan, so he appears against Al-Marwani and kills him, then he kills the Banu Marwan for three months, then he approaches the people of the East until he enters Kufa.