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which he named al-Hāshimiyya. Then(1) al-Mansūr assumed power, and a dispute arose(2) among the Hāshimites. Muhammad and Ibrāhīm, the two sons of Abd Allah ibn Hasan, rebelled against al-Mansūr, who dispatched forces to fight them. A great civil strife ensued in which many people were killed. Dissension then arose among the Abbasids themselves, as occurred between al-Amīn and al-Ma’mūn, along with other events. These events [and other events of their kind](3) are customary occurrences(4).

[Then Uthmān and Alī both(5) agreed to entrust the matter(6) to Abd al-Rahmān ibn Awf, without either one disliking the other](7).

As for his statement:

“Umar knew that Abd al-Rahmān would not turn the caliphate away from his brother and paternal cousin.”

This is a manifest lie concerning Umar and their lineages. Abd al-Rahmān was neither Uthmān’s brother nor his paternal cousin, nor did he even belong to his tribe. The former belonged to Banū Zuhra, while the latter belonged to Banū Umayya. [The Banū] Zuhra(8) were more favorably disposed toward Banū Hāshim than toward Banū Umayya, for [Banū] Zuhra(9) were the maternal kin of the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—and among them were Abd al-Rahmān ibn

(1) “Then” is omitted from (H). (2) (R) reads: “and there arose.” (3) “And other events of their kind” is omitted from (N) and (M), while “and others of their kind” is omitted from (H) and (R). (4) (M), (H), and (R) read: “the customs.” (5) “Both” is an addition in (H) and (R). (6) (R) reads: “entrusting the choice.” (7) The passage in square brackets is omitted from (N) and (M). (8) (N), (M), and (R) read: “and Zuhra.” (9) (N), (M), and (R) read: “for Zuhra.”

سَمَّاهَا الْهَاشِمِيَّةَ، ثُمَّ (١) تَوَلَّى الْمَنْصُورُ، وَقَعَ (٢) نِزَاعٌ بَيْنَ الْهَاشِمِيِّينَ، فَخَرَجَ مُحَمَّدٌ وَإِبْرَاهِيمُ ابْنَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حَسَنٍ عَلَى الْمَنْصُورِ، وَسَيَّرَ الْمَنْصُورُ إِلَيْهِمَا مَنْ يُقَاتِلُهُمَا، وَكَانَتْ فِتْنَةٌ عَظِيمَةٌ قُتِلَ فِيهَا خَلْقٌ كَثِيرٌ. ثُمَّ إِنَّ الْعَبَّاسِيِّينَ وَقَعَ بَيْنَهُمْ نِزَاعٌ، كَمَا وَقَعَ بَيْنَ الْأَمِينِ وَالْمَأْمُونِ أُمُورٌ أُخَرُ. فَهَذِهِ الْأُمُورُ [وَنَحْوُهَا مِنَ الْأُمُورِ] (٣) الَّتِي جَرَتْ بِهَا الْعَادَةُ (٤) . [ثُمَّ إِنَّ عُثْمَانَ وَعَلِيًّا جَمِيعًا (٥) اتَّفَقَا عَلَى تَفْوِيضِ الْأَمْرِ (٦) إِلَى عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ، مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَكْرَهَ أَحَدُهُمَا الْآخَرَ] (٧) . وَقَوْلُهُ: " إِنَّ عُمَرَ عَلِمَ أَنَّ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ لَا يَعْدِلُ الْأَمْرَ عَنْ أَخِيهِ وَابْنِ عَمِّهِ " . فَهَذَا كَذِبٌ بَيِّنٌ عَلَى عُمَرَ وَعَلَى أَنْسَابِهِمْ؛ فَإِنَّ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ لَيْسَ أَخًا لِعُثْمَانَ وَلَا ابْنَ عَمِّهِ وَلَا مِنْ قَبِيلَتِهِ أَصْلًا، بَلْ هَذَا مِنْ بَنِي زُهْرَةَ وَهَذَا مِنْ بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ. [وَبَنُو] زُهْرَةَ (٨) إِلَى بَنِي هَاشِمٍ أَكْثَرُ مَيْلًا مِنْهُمْ إِلَى بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ، فَإِنَّ [بَنِي] زُهْرَةَ (٩) أَخْوَالُ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَمِنْهُمْ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ

(١) ثُمَّ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ح) . (٢) ر: وَوَقَعَ. (٣) وَنَحْوُهَا مِنَ الْأُمُورِ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) ، وَسَقَطَتْ " وَنَحْوُهَا " مِنْ (ح) ، (ر) . (٤) م، ح، ر: الْعَادَاتُ. (٥) جَمِيعًا: زِيَادَةٌ فِي ح، ر. (٦) ر: تَفْوِيضِ الِاخْتِيَارِ. (٧) مَا بَيْنَ الْمَعْقُوفَتَيْنِ سَاقِطٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) . (٨) ن، م، ر: وَزُهْرَةَ. (٩) ن، م، ر: فَإِنَّ زُهْرَةَ.