1588 — Abū Bakr ibn Abī Dāwūd narrated to us; he said: Hārūn ibn Ishāq narrated to us; he said ⦗2096⦘: Abd Allah ibn Sālim narrated to us; he said: I heard Ibn Idrīs—meaning Abd Allah—say:

“No one ever opposed Alī—may Allah be pleased with him—without Alī having a greater claim than he did; and Alī—may Allah be pleased with him—rose only when the time had come for him to rise.”