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This khutbah (Sermon) ends with the following words Then you would have found that your world is more insignificant in my eyes than a goat’s snot. At this point, ‘Ali’s speech was interrupted by a man from Kufah. Ibn al-‘Abbas, after narrating the text of the speech, adds: I have never regretted anything nor felt such distress like the distress l felt at losing the rest of the speech of the Commander of the Faithful, peace be on him.

When he finished reading the letter, I said: “Commander of the Faithful would you continue your speech from the point which you reached?” He answered: “In no way, in no way. It was like foam on the camel’s mouth (Shiqshiqah) as it opens its mouth to bellow and then falls silent.” Apart from al-‘Irshad this khutbah, as claimed by ‘Arshi, is found in other sources also. In no way can it be dubbed as al-Radi’s or al-Murtada’s fabrication.

Sayyid Hibat al-Din al-Shahristani, in Mahuwa Nahj al-balaghah, has quoted different versions of al-Khutbat al-Shiqshiqiyyah from Nathral-Durar wa Nuzhat al-‘Adab by the vizier Abu Sa’id al-‘Abi; al-‘Irshad by al- Shaykh ai-Mufid; al-Mahasin wa al-‘Adab by al-Barqi; al-Saduq in Ila’l al-Sharayi’ ; and a book of al-Jalludi. All the versions have minor differences, which indicate that the source from which al-Radhi quoted this sermon was other than these four.

After enumerating the earlier works containing this khutbah, Hibat al-Din al- Shahristani points out that Ibn ‘Abd Rabbih, one of the compilers of al-Khutbat al-Shiqshiqiyyah, was a follower of the Banu Umayyah and a staunch admirer of the third caliph ‘Uthman ibn writes: ‘Affan. Much earlier than Ibn Khallikan made his remark questioning the authenticity of the attribution of Nahj al- balaghah, certain doubts had come to circulate as indicated by Ibn Abi al-Hadid al-Mu’tazili (d.

555/1257), who referred to a discussion concerning the attribution of al-Khutbat al- Shiqshiqiyyah with his teacher Abu al-Khayr Musaddiq ibn Shabib [sic. Shayb] al-Wasiti (d.