Sa'sa'a ibn Suhan al-Abdi

In the Kufan Assemblies

“Malik ibn Harith al-Nakha’i (Malik al-Ashtar), Thabit ibn Qays, Aswad ibn Yazid, Alqama ibn Qays, Jundub ibn Zuhayr, Jundub ibn Ka’b al-Azdi, Urwa ibn al-Ju’d, Amr ibn al-Hamiq al-Khuza’i, Sa’sa’a and Zayd — the sons of Suhan, and Kumayl ibn Ziyad were regular visitors to the private assembly of Sa’eed ibn al-As [governor of Kufa, 33 AH].” 1 History of Islam · Vol 1 · pp. — — Najeebabadi — Sa'sa'a ibn Suhan among the regular visitors of Sa'eed ibn al-As's assembly.

Envoy to Mu’awiya at Siffin

“When Ali became aware of this, he sent Sa’sa’a ibn Suhan with a letter addressed to Mu’awiya which contained: ‘We would not have started this fight with you until we heard your grievances and called you to the right path… your men preferred to launch an attack on our troops… you have initiated your war activities by capturing the water resources and stopped the supply of water to us… It is better to ask your men not to prevent us from fetching water until the controversies are peacefully resolved…’” 2 History of Islam · Vol 1 · pp. 462 — Najeebabadi — Ali sends Sa'sa'a with a letter of protest to Mu'awiya before Siffin.