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135

SERMON
135

About the sincerity of his own
intention and support of the oppressed

Your allegiance to me
was not without thinking,(1) nor is my
and your position the same. I seek you for Allah's sake but you
seek me for your own benefits. O' people! support me despite your
heart's desires. By Allah, I will take revenge for the oppressed
from the oppressor and will put a string in the nose of the
oppressor and drag him to the spring of truthfulness even though
he may grudge it.

(1).
Here Amir almu'minin points to the view of Umar ibn al-Khattab
which he had on the allegiance of Abu Bakr on the day of Saqifah
when he said: " . . . let me clarify this to you that the
allegiance with Abu Bakr was a mistake and without thinking
(faltah) but Allah saved us from its evil. Therefore, whoever
(intends to) acts like this you must kill him. . ."
(as-Sahih, al-Bukhari, vol. 8, p. 211; as-Sirah an-Nabawiyyah, Ibn
Hisham, vol. 4, pp. 308309; at-Tarikh, at-Tabari, vol. l, p. l822;
al-Kamil, Ibn al-Athir, vol. 2, p. 327; at-Tarikh, Ibn Kathir,
vol. 5, pp. 245246; al-Musnad, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, vol. l, p. 55;
as-Sirah al-Halabiyyah, vol. 3, pp. 388, 392; al-Ansab,
al-Baladhuri, vol. 5, p. l5; at-Tamhid, al-Baqilani, p. l96;
ash-Sharh, Ibn Abi'l-Hadid, vol. 2, p. 23)