Al-Husayn b. `Abdullah b. Sa`id al-`Askari narrated to us. He said: Abu Ishaq Ibrahim b. Ra`l al-`Abshami informed us. He said: Thubayt b. Muhammad narrated to us. He said: Abu’l Ahwas al-Misri narrated to us. He said: A group from the people of knowledge narrated to us from al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad from his father from his grandfather عليه السلام. He said: Amir al-Mu’minin عليه السلام appeared at the most difficult stand in Siffin when a man from Bani Dudan went to him and said: What is the matter with your people who have pushed you away from this Order, even though you are the noblest in lineage, the closest to the Messenger, and the most knowing of the Quran and the Sunna? So, he said: You have asked – O brother from Bani Dudan, and you have the right to ask, and the right of kinship – and you are anxious and distressed, and you ask of something unintentionally. This is a time that has deprived the souls of one people and spoiled the souls of the other – and Allah is the best of judges. So, abandon the story of loss, which has left hues and cries in its place, and tend to the speeches of the son of Abi Sufyan, for time has made me laugh after it has made me weep. There is no wonder except in my neighbour and her question; alas, do we have anyone to ask this to the people that have lowered me? They have tried to slander the religion of Allah. If the trials and afflictions were lifted from us, I would carry them to the very core of the truth. But, if it happens to be otherwise, “then do not grieve over the transgressing people.” (5:26) To you, from me, O brother from Bani Dudan.