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He then said to them, “What were you saying?” They fell silent, so he rebuked them once or twice. One of the women replied, “Just what you heard. We spoke of Uthmān, his kinship and his long-standing merit; we spoke likewise of al-Zubayr and his long-standing merit, and of Talha as well.”
He said, “I truly hope that it will be as Allah—Majestic is His Glory—said: ‘We will remove whatever rancor is in their hearts. As brothers, they will be upon thrones facing one another.’ [al-Hijr: 47] And who could they be, if not us?”
فَقَالَ لَهُنَّ: مَا قُلْتُنَّ؟ فَأَسْكَتْنَ , فَانْتَهَرَهُنَّ مَرَّةً أَوْ مَرَّتَيْنِ , فَقَالَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْهُنَّ: مَا سَمِعْتَ , ذَكَرْنَا عُثْمَانَ وَقَرَابَتَهُ وَقِدَمَهُ , وَذَكَرْنَا الزُّبَيْرَ وَقِدَمَهُ , وَذَكَرْنَا طَلْحَةَ كَذَلِكَ , فَقَالَ: إِنِّي لَأَرْجُو أَنْ يَكُونَ كَالَّذِي قَالَ اللَّهُ ﷿ ﴿وَنَزَعْنَا مَا فِي صُدُورِهِمْ مِنْ غَلٍّ إِخْوَانًا عَلَى سُرُرٍ مُتَقَابِلِينَ﴾ [الحجر: ٤٧] وَمَنْ هُمْ إِنْ لَمْ نَكُنْ نَحْنُ أُولَئِكَ؟