Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 4-924b
" عَنِ الشَّعْبِىَ قَالَ: لَمَّا رَجَعَ عَلِيٌّ منْ صِفّينَ قَالَ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ! لاَ تَكْرَهُوا إِمَارَةَ مُعَاوِيَةَ فَإنَّة لَوْ قَدْ فَقَدْتُمُوهْ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُمُ الرُّوسَ تَنْذُرُ منْ كَوَاهلهَا كَالْحَنْظَلِ ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- al-Shaʿbi
- Lammā Rajaʿ ʿAlī Mn Ṣiffyn
- Yā Ayyuhā
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"From al-Sha'bi, who said: When Ali returned from Siffin, he said: O people! Do not dislike the rule of Mu'awiyah, for if you were to lose him, you would see heads rolling off their shoulders like colocynth."
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[ق] البيهقى في السنن في الدلائل
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