ومن كلام له (عليه السلام) لمّا أراده الناس على البيعة بعد قتل عثمان
When people decided to swear allegiance [1] at Amīr al-mu’minīn’s hand after the murder of ‘Uthmān, he said:
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Source: al-Sharīf al-Raḍī
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