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5 – With its chain of transmission: ʿAlī said, “Do not resent Muʿāwiyah’s governorship. If you were to lose him, heads would go flying from shoulders like colocynths.”
٥ - وبإسناده: قال علي: لا تكرهوا إمارة معاوية، فإنكم لو قد فقدتموه، رأيتم الرؤوس تنزو من كواهلها كالحنظل.