Peak of Eloquence Nahjul Balagha By Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib - English Translation - Sermon 66

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When after the Death of the Prophet (􀁨) News Reached
Imam Ali Ibn Abu Talib (􀁸) about the Happening in Saqifa of Banu
Sa’i-dah, He Inquired What the Ansar Said. People Said That They
Were Asking for One Chief from among Them and One from the
Others, Imam Ali Ibn Abu Talib (􀁸) Said the Following:
Why did you not argue against them (Ansar) that the Prophet (􀁨)
had left his will that whoever is good among the Ansar should be treated
well and whoever is bad should be forgiven.
People said the following: “What is there against them in it?”
Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib (􀁸) said, “If the Government was for
them there should have been no will in their favor.”
Then he said the following: “What did the tribesmen of Quraish
plead?” People answered: “They argued that they belong to the lineal tree
of the Prophet (􀁨).”
Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib (􀁸) said, “They argued with the tree but
spoiled the fruits.”eds. (Holy Quran, 47: 35)