Hadhrat Urwa reports that when the two armies confronted each other (during the Battle of Yarmook), Qubuqalaar (the Roman general) sent for an Arab man whom the narrator believes was a man from the Yazeed bin Haydaan family tribe. His was known as Ibn Huzaarif. Qubuqalaar's instruction to the man was, "Infiltrate the ranks of these people, stay with them for a day and a night and then report their condition to me."
Because he was Arab, he blended into the Muslim army undetected and stayed with them for a day and a night. When he then returned, Qubuqalaar asked him what he had found out. He replied, "They are monks by night and valiant horsemen by day. Even if their king's son had to steal, they would amputate his hand and should he commit adultery, he will be stoned so that the law is enforced."
To this, Qubuqalaar remarked, "If what you say is true, then being underground is better than clashing with them above the ground. 1 wish that Allaah would leave me alone with them, without assisting either me against them or them against me (in which case our larger numbers would win the day)."
Ibn Jareer (Vo1.2 Pg.610)
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