to you.”

Al-Bukhārī also narrated from al-Zuhrī, who said: “Humayd ibn ʿAbd al-Rahmān informed me that he heard Muʿāwiyah speaking to a group of Quraysh in Medina. Mentioning Kaʿb al-Ahbār, Muʿāwiyah said, ‘He was indeed among the most truthful