26. `Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn `Abd al-Wahhab said: Mansur ibn `Abd Allah said: `Ali ibn `Abd Allah said: Muhammad ibn Ja`far said: Ishaq ibn Ibrahim said: Sharik said, on the authority of Abu Ishaq, on the authority of Sa`id ibn Wahab that

One night in the Battle of Siffin, we were with Sa`id ibn Qays. The two army rows were standing opposite each other until the Commander of the Faithful came. We came down to his ground. Sa`id ibn Qays asked him: “O Commander of the Faithful! Do you not fear anything at this point?” He replied, And what should I fear? There is no anyone except that with him are two angels assigned to him so that he does not fall into a well or an animal does not hit him or he may not fall from a mountain until the decree comes for him. When that which is decreed comes, they vacate from between him and the decreed.