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144 - ‘Abd Allāh narrated to us: My father narrated to me: Asbāt narrated to us: Kathīr al-Nawwā’ narrated to us, saying: I asked Abū Ja‘far Muhammad ibn ‘Alī about Abū Bakr and ‘Umar, and he said:
“Be loyal to them both; whatever comes of that, I bear the responsibility.”
١٤٤ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، قثنا أَسْبَاطٌ قثنا كَثِيرٌ النَّوَّاءُ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ، فَقَالَ: تَوَلَّهُمَا، فَمَا كَانَ فِي ذَلِكَ فَهُوَ فِي عُنُقِي.