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SERMON 31

When before the commencement of
the Battle of Jamal Amir al-mu'minin sent Abdullah ibn Abbas to
az-Zubayr ibn al- Awwam with the purpose that he should
advise him back to obedience, he said to him on that occasion:

Do not meet Talhah
(ibn Ubaydillah). If you meet him you will find him like an
unruly bull whose horns are turned towards its ears. He rides a
ferocious riding beast and says it has been tamed. But you meet
az-Zubayr because he is soft-tempered. Tell him that your maternal
cousin says that, "(It looks as if) in the Hijaz you knew me
(accepted me), but (on coming here to) Iraq you do not know me (do
not accept me). So, what has dissuaded (you) from what was shown
(by you previously)?!"

as-Sayyid ar-Radi
says: The last sentence of this sermon "fama ada mimma
bada" has been heard only from Amir al-mu'minin.