Hadith 32

The Clan of Hashim and the clan of Umayya spoke. Ammar said, ‘O you people! Allah-azwj Honoured us with His-azwj Prophet-saww, so why are you turning this command away from People-asws of the Household of your Prophet-saww? ! ’A man from the clan of Makhzum said, ‘You are an enemy of your own sophistication, and what are you? Qureysh will rule for themselves’. Sa’ad Bin Abu Waqas said, ‘O Abdul Rahman! Finish off your matter before the people get tempted’. Abdul Rahman said, ‘I have looked around and consulted, so O you group, do not make a way to be against yourselves’. And he called Ali-asws. He said, ‘Upon you-asws is a Pact of Allah-azwj and His-azwj Covenant for you-asws to act by the Book of Allah-azwj and Sunnah of His-azwj Rasool-saww and ways of the two caliphs from after him-saww’. He-asws said: ‘I-asws wish I-asws could do and act with the utmost of my-asws knowledge and strength’. And he called Usman and said to him similar to what he had said to Ali-asws’. He said, ‘Yes (I will)’. Abdul Rahman raised his head to the ceiling of the Masjid and his hand was in the hand of Usman. He said, ‘O Allah-azwj! Hear and Witness! O Allah-azwj! I hereby make what in my neck from that to be in the neck of Usman! ’ And he pledged allegiance to him. Ali-asws said: ‘This isn’t the first day in which you have backed each other against us, but patience is beautiful, and Allah is the Helper upon what you are describing [12: 18]. By Allah-azwj! You have not made Usman a ruler except for him to return it to you, and Allah-azwj, every day He-azwj is in Glory’. Abdul Rahman said, ‘O Ali-asws! Do not make a way to be against yourself-asws – meaning, Abu Talha would kill you by a reckoning of what Umar had ordered him with’. Ali-asws went out and he-asws was saying: ‘The Decree will reach its term’. Ammar said, ‘O Abdul Rahman! You have neglected him-asws, and he-asws is from the ones who are judging with the truth and are dispensing justice by it’. Then Al-Miqdad-ra said, ‘By Allah-azwj! I-ra have not seen the like of what has come to People-asws of this Household after their-asws Prophet-saww. I am astounded from Qureysh, they have neglected a man whom I-ra can say there is anyone who judges more with the truth, nor do I-ra know anyone more knowledgeable, nor more pious than him-asws. But, by Allah-azwj! If I-ra were to find supporters upon it, I would fight against them! ’
Abdul Rahman said, ‘Fear Allah-azwj, O Miqdad-ra! I fear the fitna upon you’. And Ali-asws said: ‘I-asws am more knowing of what is within their selves. The people are looking at Qureysh and Qureysh are looking into correcting their concerns, so they are saying, ‘If you were to make Clan of Hashim-as to be rulers, it (command) will not exit from them at all, and it will no