Kitab al-Fitan · Nu'aym ibn Hammad

سترون أمورا تنكرونها، فعليكم بالصبر ولا تغيروا ولا تقولوا نغير حتى يكون الله تعالى هو المغير

You will see things that you deny, so be patient and do not change and do not say we will change until Allah Almighty is the changer.

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Traced to Ka'b al-Ahbar (automatic guess): a report of earlier scriptures, not a hadith of the Prophet ﷺ.

اتقوا السلطان بتقيته، فإن السلطان لا تبقى من مدته إلا يوم واحد فيهلك في ذلك اليوم الرجل وأهله، فإن إزالة جبل راسيا أهون من إزالة ملك مؤجل

Fear the Sultan by fearing him, for the Sultan’s term is only one day remaining, and on that day the man and his family will perish. Removing an upright mountain is easier than removing a postponed king.

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من أعان على قتل مسلم بشطر كلمة جاء يوم القيامة مكتوبا بين عينيه: آيس من رحمة الله إلا أن عيسى زاد رجلا

Whoever helps in killing a Muslim with half a word will come on the Day of Resurrection with written between his eyes: He is hopeless of Allah’s mercy, except that Jesus added one man.

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لا والله، ما علمنا عليا شرك في قتل عثمان سرا ولا علانية، ولكن كان رأسا ففزع الناس إليه، فولي الأمر، فألحق به ما لم يصنع

No, by Allah, we do not know of Ali’s involvement in killing Othman secretly or publicly, but he was a leader and the people were terrified of him, so he was appointed to command, and he was subjected to what he had not done.

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