7. He said: Abul Hasan ‘Ali ibn Khalid al-Maraghi reported to me from Abul Qasim al Hasan ibn ‘Ali al-Kufi, who reported from Ja’far ibn Muhammad ibn Marwan, who reported from his father, who reported from Ishaq ibn Yazid, who reported from Sulaiman ibn Qaram, from Abu al-Jahhaf, from Ammar al-Duhni, who reported from Abu Uthman, the muezzin of Banu Afsa that he heard ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib say when Talha and al-Zubair advanced to fight him:

"What excuse can Talha and al-Zubair have! They swore allegiance to me of their own accord, without any coercion and they broke off without any event." Then he recited the verse: ’And if they break their oaths after their treaty and revile your religion, then fight the leaders of unbelief, for their oaths are worthless, so that you may restrain them.’ (al-Tauba, 9:12)"