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to some extent. He then said:

“Summon Uthmān for me.”

[So I summoned him](1), and he spoke privately with him until the caller to prayer separated them with the dawn call. After the people had performed the dawn prayer and those men gathered(2) by the pulpit, he sent(3) for the Emigrants and Helpers who were present. He also sent for the army commanders, who had arrived(4) to perform that Hajj with Umar.

Once they had gathered, Abd al-Rahmān pronounced the testimony of faith and then said:

“Now then, Alī, I(5) have considered the people’s wishes and have not found them placing anyone on a par with Uthmān. So do not give anyone grounds against you.”

He then said, “I pledge allegiance to you in accordance with the sunnah of Allah, His Messenger, and the two caliphs who succeeded him.” Abd al-Rahmān then pledged allegiance to him, as did the people, the Emigrants, the Helpers, the army commanders, and the Muslims.”

[The Rāfidī’s Comments on What Transpired in the Pledge of Allegiance to Uthmān—May Allah Be Pleased with Him]

As for his statement:

“[He then said](6): ‘If Alī and Uthmān agree, the decision shall be whatever they say; but if they divide into groups of three, the decision shall rest with those(7) whom Abd al-Rahmān [joined](8),’ because he knew that Alī and Uthmān would never agree on any matter and that Abd al-Rahmān would not divert the office away from his brother Uthmān and his cousin.”

The reply to him is: Who says that Umar said this? Even if he did say this(9),

(1) “So I summoned him” is from al-Bukhārī and is absent from the manuscripts. (2) (N) reads: “When the people entered at dawn, [they] gathered.” (M) reads: “When they entered, the people gathered.” All the manuscripts read “gathered” [without “and”]; the reading printed here is from al-Bukhārī. (3) Al-Bukhārī reads: “So he sent.” (4) “Had arrived” is the reading in (M) and al-Bukhārī; the remaining manuscripts read: “agreed.” (5) (N) and (M) read: “for I.” (6) The phrase “then he said” is absent from (N) and (M). (7) (H) and (B) read: “the one who.” (8) “Joined” is absent from (N) and (M). (9) (N) and (M) read: “had said it.”

شَيْئًا. ثُمَّ قَالَ: ادْعُ لِي عُثْمَانَ، [فَدَعَوْتُهُ] (١) ، فَنَاجَاهُ حَتَّى فَرَّقَ بَيْنَهُمَا الْمُؤَذِّنُ بِالصُّبْحِ، فَلَمَّا صَلَّى النَّاسُ الصُّبْحَ وَاجْتَمَعَ (٢) أُولَئِكَ الرَّهْطُ عِنْدَ الْمِنْبَرِ، أَرْسَلَ (٣) إِلَى مَنْ كَانَ حَاضِرًا مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَالْأَنْصَارِ، وَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى أُمَرَاءِ الْأَجْنَادِ، وَكَانُوا وَافَوْا (٤) تِلْكَ الْحَجَّةَ مَعَ عُمَرَ، فَلَمَّا اجْتَمَعُوا تَشَهَّدَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَمَّا بَعْدُ يَا عَلِيُّ إِنِّي (٥) قَدْ نَظَرْتُ فِي أَمْرِ النَّاسِ فَلَمْ أَرَهُمْ يَعْدِلُونَ بِعُثْمَانَ، فَلَا تَجْعَلَنَّ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ سَبِيلًا. فَقَالَ: أُبَايِعُكَ عَلَى سُنَّةِ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَالْخَلِيفَتَيْنِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ، فَبَايَعَهُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ وَبَايَعَهُ النَّاسُ وَالْمُهَاجِرُونَ وَالْأَنْصَارُ وَأُمَرَاءُ الْأَجْنَادِ وَالْمُسْلِمُونَ ". [كلام الرافضي على ما تم في بيعة عثمان رضي الله عنه] وَأَمَّا قَوْلُهُ: " [ثُمَّ قَالَ] (٦) : إِنِ اجْتَمَعَ عَلِيٌّ وَعُثْمَانُ فَالْقَوْلُ مَا قَالَاهُ، وَإِنْ صَارُوا ثَلَاثَةً، فَالْقَوْلُ قَوْلُ الَّذِينَ (٧) [صَارَ] (٨) فِيهِمْ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ، لِعِلْمِهِ أَنَّ عَلِيًّا وَعُثْمَانَ لَا يَجْتَمِعَانِ عَلَى أَمْرٍ، وَأَنَّ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ لَا يَعْدِلُ بِالْأَمْرِ عَنْ أَخِيهِ عُثْمَانَ وَابْنِ عَمِّهِ ". فَيُقَالُ لَهُ: مَنِ الَّذِي قَالَ إِنَّ عُمَرَ قَالَ ذَلِكَ؟ وَإِنْ كَانَ قَدْ قَالَ ذَلِكَ (٩)

(١) فَدَعَوْتُهُ: مِنَ الْبُخَارِيِّ، وَسَقَطَتْ مِنَ النُّسَخِ. (٢) ن: فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ النَّاسُ الصُّبْحَ اجْتَمَعَ، م: فَلَمَّا دَخَلُوا النَّاسُ اجْتَمَعَ. وَفِي جَمِيعِ النُّسَخِ: اجْتَمَعَ، وَالْمُثْبَتُ مِنَ الْبُخَارِيِّ. (٣) الْبُخَارِيُّ: فَأَرْسَلَ. (٤) وَافَوْا: كَذَا فِي (م) ، وَالْبُخَارِيِّ، وَفِي سَائِرِ النُّسَخِ: وَافَقُوا. (٥) ن، م: فَإِنِّي. (٦) عِبَارَةُ " ثُمَّ قَالَ ": سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) . (٧) ح، ب: الَّذِي. (٨) صَارَ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) . (٩) ن، م: قَدْ قَالَهُ.