so do not stir it up, for turmoil ruins livelihoods, muddles blessings, and ends in utter destruction. I ask Allah to forgive me and you. Then he stepped down (1).

Al-qāʾibah is the shell of the egg, and al-qub is the chick; they say qābat al-bayḍah when the egg cracks open and the chick emerges.

Muḥammad ibn Bishr al-ʿAbdī related: Mujālid narrated to us, from Abū al-Waddāk, from Abū Saʿīd, traced back to the Prophet: “When you see so-and-so preaching from my pulpit, kill him.” (2)

The same report was transmitted by Jandal ibn Wāliq (3) from Muḥammad ibn Bishr, but he replaced “so-and-so” with “Muʿāwiyah.”

Al-Walīd ibn al-Qāsim also corroborated it from Mujālid.

Ḥammād and a number of others narrated, from ʿAlī ibn Zayd, from Abū Naḍrah, from Abū Saʿīd, traced back to the Prophet: “When you see Muʿāwiyah on my pulpit, kill him.” (4)

Al-Ḥakam ibn Ẓuḥayr—weak (5)—reported a similar wording from ʿĀṣim, from Zirr, from ʿAbd Allāh (6), traced back to the Prophet.

A mursal version also comes from al-Ḥasan (7).

And it is reported with an obscure chain from Jābir, traced back to the Prophet: “When you see Muʿāwiyah preaching