\n I swear by That .

\n I swear by That .-azwj who holds me in His -azwj providence, I would accept a thousand wounds from a sword rather than to choose to die while lying in a bed. \n O\u2019Lord! the truth is that Talha gave false allegiance and provoked others against Usman until he was murdered and they laid the slander on me. May Allah -azwj not provide them with an opportunity (to spill their poisonous filth).\u00a0 O\u2019Lord! Zubair also falsified (gave and took back) allegiance to me and broke relations.

And he showed animosity against me and paved the way to war against me, although he knew very well, he was doing a great autocracy against me. O Lord! keep, today, these mischief mongers away from me, whom You -azwj know thoroughly.

\n [1] Nahjul Asrar \n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Background Ali-asws\u2019s Sermon[1] Before the Battle of Jamal: When all righteousness was shunned by Talha, Zubair and Aisha, they found an opportunity through wrongly instigating people with grossly baseless propaganda to join them against Mola Ali-asws in order to take a revenge for giving refuge to the killer of Usman.