Hadith 59
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Delivered when the Holy Prophet died and ‘Abbās ibn ‘Abd al-Muṭṭalib and Abu Sufyān ibn Harb offered to pay allegiance to Amīr al-mu’minīn for the Caliphate
ومن كلام له (عليه السلام) لمّا قبض رسول الله (صلى الله عليه وآله) وخاطبه العباس وأبوسفيان في أن يبايعا له بالخلافة (وذلك بعد أن تمّت البيعة لابي بكر في السقيفة، وفيها ينهى عن الفتنة ويبين عن خلقه وعلمه):
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