2800 – Al-Qāsim ibn Jaʿfar narrated to us; he said: ʿAlī ibn Isḥāq ibn Muḥammad narrated to us; he said: ʿAlī ibn Ḥarb narrated to us; he said: Ibn Abī Sufyān narrated to us; he said: Hushaym narrated to us, from Abū ʿĀmir al-Shaʿbī, who said:

I asked al-Ḥārith ibn Ḥujr, “What led al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī to pledge allegiance to Muʿāwiyah and entrust the leadership to him?” He replied, “Al-Ḥasan had heard someone say: ‘Do not dislike Muʿāwiyah’s rule.’”