Hadith No: 1
Al-Tabari - Tarikh al-Tabari - Year 36 - Report on the Battle of the Camel from Another Narrative
Volume: (4) - Page Number: (522/523)
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- .... Umar narrated to me, who said: Abu al-Hasan narrated to us, who said: Abu Layla narrated to us, from Abu Ukasha al-Hamdhani, from Rafaa al-Bajali, from Abu al-Bakhtari al-Ta'i, who said: Dhuhbba and the Azd encircled Aisha on the day of the Camel, and there were men from the Azd taking the dung of the camel, examining it, smelling it, and saying, "The dung of our mother’s camel has a scent like that of musk." And a man from the companions of Ali was fighting and saying:
I have unsheathed my sword against the men of the Azd striking among their middle-aged and youth,
each one tall with long arms and robust.
And the people were surging among one another, when a crier shouted: "Bring down the camel!" Then Bajir ibn Daljah al-Dhubabi, from the people of Kufa, struck it. It was said to him: "Why did you bring it down?" He said: "I saw my people being killed, so I feared they would be utterly destroyed, and I hoped that by bringing it down, there would be a remnant left for them."

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Reference: Taarikh al-Tabari Book 4

Hadith No: 2
Ibn al-Athir - al-Kamil fi al-Tarikh - Then the year 36 entered - Mention of the beginning of the Battle of the Camel
Volume: (2) - Page Number: (603)
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- .... So the Azd would take the camel's dung, smell it, and say, "The dung of our camel smells like the scent of musk." And she said to the one on her right: "Who are those people to my right?" He replied, "Bukr ibn Wa'il." She said, "The one on the left says to you:
And they came to us in armor as if they * were Bukr ibn Wa'il, haughty in their pride."

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Reference: Al-Kamil Fi Tarikh Book 2