120 – Al-Ḥusayn narrated to us; ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; Ibrahim ibn ʿAbd Allah told me ⦗98⦘; Hushaym informed us; Abū Maʿshar informed us, from Muhammad ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn Saʿīd ibn al-ʿĀṣ, from al-Zuhrī, who said:

ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān asked me, “What sign appeared on the day ʿAlī—may Allah honor his face—was killed?” I replied, “No stone was lifted in Jerusalem without fresh blood being found beneath it.” He said, “In this matter, you and I are indeed two solitary witnesses.”