If he writes to me that the opinion of the majority of you...

If he writes to me that the opinion of the majority of you and of the men of wisdom and merit among you is united, in the same way as the messengers who have come to me have described and as I have read in your letters, then I will come to you speedily, if Allah wills. For by my life, a leader ( imam ) is none but one who acts according to the Book [of Allah], upholds justice, follows the truth, and devotes himself entirely to Allah.

And that is all.”[^34] The Journey of Muslim Ibn ‘Aqil He then summoned Muslim bin ‘Aqil and sent him with Qais bin Musahhar al-Saidawi[^35], ‘Umarah bin ‘Ubaid al-Saluli[^36] and ‘Abd al-Rahman bin ‘Abdullah bin al-Kadan al-Arhabi.[^37] Imam enjoined [Muslim] with the fear of Allah, and to conceal his affair, and to act in a kindly way. If he saw that the people are united and had commited themselves to agreement, then he should speedily inform him of that.

Muslim thus started his journey till he reached Madinah. He prayed in the mosque of the Messenger of Allah (S) and…