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except in the hearts of the most God-fearing members of this nation. Sufyān al-Thawrī—may Allah have mercy on him—said: “Love for Uthmān and Alī—may Allah be pleased with them both—is found together only in the hearts of noble men.”
إِلَّا فِي قُلُوبِ أَتْقِيَاءِ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ. وَقَالَ سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ ﵀: لَا يَجْتَمِعُ حُبُّ عُثْمَانَ وَعَلِيٌّ ﵄ إِلَّا فِي قُلُوبِ نُبَلَاءِ الرِّجَالِ