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Mu'jam Kabir Tabarani 112 — Sayyiduna Ali addressed them, and they

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، ثنا عَارِمٌ، ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُجَالِدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ عُمَيْرِ بْنِ زَوْدِيٍّ، قَالَ: خَطَبَهُمْ عَلِيٌّ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ، فَقَطَعُوا عَلَيْهِ خُطْبَتَهُ، فَقَالَ: " إِنَّمَا وَهَنْتُ يَوْمَ قُتِلَ عُثْمَانُ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ، وَضَرَبَ لَهُمْ مَثَلًا، مَثَلَ ثَلَاثَةِ أَثْوَارٍ وَأَسَدٍ اجْتَمَعْنَ فِي أَجَمَةٍ أَسْوَدَ وَأَحْمَرَ وَأَبْيَضَ، وَكَانَ الْأَسَدُ إِذَا أَرَادَ وَاحِدًا مِنْهُنَّ اجْتَمَعْنَ عَلَيْهِ فَامْتَنَعْنَ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ الْأَسَدُ لِلْأَسْوَدِ وَالْأَحْمَرِ: إِنَّمَا يَفْضَحُنَا فِي أَجَمَتِنَا، وَيُشْهِرُنَا هَذَا الْأَبْيَضُ، فَدَعَانِي حَتَّى آكُلَهُ، فَلَوْنُكُمَا عَلَى لَوْنِي، وَلَوْنِي عَلَى لَوْنِكُمَا، فَحَمَلَ عَلَيْهِ الْأَسَدُ، فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ أَنْ قَتَلَهُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ لِلْأَسْوَدِ: إِنَّمَا يَفْضَحُنَا وَيُشْهِرُنَا فِي أَجَمَتِنَا هَذَا الْأَحْمَرُ، فَدَعْنِي حَتَّى آكُلَهُ، فَلَوْنِي عَلَى لَوْنِكَ، وَلَوْنُكَ عَلَى لَوْنِي، فَحَمَلَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَتَلَهُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ لِلْأَسْوَدِ: إِنِّي آكُلُكَ قَالَ: دَعْنِي أُصَوِّتُ ثَلَاثَةَ أَصْوَاتٍ، فَقَالَ: أَلَا إِنَّمَا أُكِلْتُ يَوْمَ أُكِلَ الْأَبْيَضُ، أَلَا إِنَّمَا أُكِلْتُ يَوْمَ أُكِلَ الْأَبْيَضُ، أَلَا إِنَّمَا أُكِلْتُ يَوْمَ أُكِلَ الْأَبْيَضُ، أَلَا إِنَّمَا وَهَنْتُ يَوْمَ قُتِلَ عُثْمَانُ "
Umayr bin Zawdi said: Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) addressed them, and they interrupted his sermon, so he said: "I was only weakened on the day Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) was martyred." And he gave them a parable: the parable of three bulls and a lion who were together in a thicket: one black, one red and one white. Whenever the lion wanted one of them, they would all gather together against him and hold him off. So the lion said to the black and the red: This white (bull) is the one who disgraces us and makes us conspicuous in our thicket; hand him over to me so that I may eat him, and then your colour will be like my colour and my colour like your colour. So the lion attacked him and before long killed him. Then he said to the black: This red (bull) is the one who disgraces us and makes us conspicuous in the thicket; leave him to me so that I may eat him, and then my colour will be like your colour and your colour like my colour. So he attacked him and killed him. Then he said to the black: Now I will eat you. He said: Let me call out three times. Then he said: Beware! I was eaten on the day the white one was eaten. Beware! I was eaten on the day the white one was eaten. Beware! I was eaten on the day the white one was eaten. Beware! I was only weakened on the day Uthman was killed."
Hadith Reference المعجم الكبير للطبراني / العشرة / 112
Hadith Takhrij المعجم الكبير للطبراني (مطبوعہ): جلد 1، صفحہ 80، حدیث 113