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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.