The two arbitrators after the Battle of Siffin

About the two arbitrators (Abū Mūsā al-Ash‘arī and ‘Amr ibn al-‘Āṣ) and disparagement of the people of Syria (ash-Shām)

Rude, low people and mean slaves. They have been collected from all sides and picked up from every pack. They need to be taught the tenets (of Islam), disciplined, instructed, trained, supervised and led by the hand.…

Look! They have chosen for themselves one who is nearest of all of them to what they desire, while you have chosen one who is nearest to what you dislike. You may certainly recall that the other day ‘Abdullāh ibn Qays…