SERMON 238
When Uthman ibn Affan was
surrounded, Abdullah ibn al-Abbas brought a letter to Amir al-mu'minin from Uthman in
which he expressed the desire that Amir al-mu'minin should leave for his estate Yanbu so
that the proposal that was being mooted out for him to become caliph should subside.
Uthman had this request earlier also. Upon this Amir al-mu'minin said to Ibn al-Abbas:
O' Ibn al-Abbas! Uthman just wants to treat me
like the water-drawing camel so that I may go forward and backward with the bucket. Once
he sent me word that I should go out then sent me word that I should come back. Now, again
he sends me word that I should go out. By Allah, I continued protecting him till I feared
lest I become a sinner.
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