2353 – al-Ḥasan ibn ʿUthmān narrated to us; he said: Aḥmad ibn Ḥamdān informed us; he said: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad narrated to us; he said: my father narrated to us; he said: Abū Muʿāwiyah narrated to us; he said: a man, from Mujāhid, from Ibn ʿAbbās, who said:

“Do not revile the Companions of Muhammad—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—for Allah has commanded us to seek forgiveness for them, while knowing that they would one day fight each other.”