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Therefore, when the time for the announcement came, you must ask him to talk first and then you must make your announcement. If you do not take this caution, remember, he will trick you in such a manner that you will not be in a position to show your face to anyone. Abū-Mūsa, the matter on which we have reached unanimity of opinion, in that there is no chance of trickery or deceit.

When the day following the meeting, the referees and all the observers from Iraq and Syria assembled in the Masjid, `Amr told Abū-Mūsa, “You make the first announcement.” `Amr was, throughout these negotiations, giving precedence to Abū-Mūsa as if he was doing it in deference to the age of the person. Because of his simplicity, Abū-Mūsa…