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1680. Yūnus bin 'Ubaid, the freed slave of Muḥammad bin Al-Qāsim said: "Muḥammad bin Al-Qāsim sent me to Al-Barā' bin 'Azib to ask him about the flag of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ. He said: 'It was a black square of Namirah.'" (Hasan)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] There are narrations on this topic from 'Alī, Al-Hārith bin Ḥassān, and Ibn 'Abbās.
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Gharīb, we do not know of it except from the report of Ibn Abī Zā'idah. And Abū Ya'qūb Ath-Thaqafī's name is Ishāq bin Ibrāhīm. 'Ubaidullāh bin Mūsā also reports from him.
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"Al-Qāḏī said: 'The meaning of black is that most of the color of it was black, such that from a distance one could see black, not that its color was pure black. For he said: "of Namirah" which is a type of wool garment with black and white stripes or design that the Arabs wore. It is for that reason that it was called Namirah, because it resembled a Namir (a leopard or a tiger).'"
