٣٢٥٨٢ - حدثنا أبو معاوية عن الأعمش عن عمرو بن مرة عن سعيد بن سويد قال: صلى بنا معاوية الجمعة بالنخيلة في الضحى، ثم خطبنا فقال: ما قاتلتكم لتصلوا ولا لتصوموا ولا لتحجوا ولا لتزكوا، وقد أعرف أنكم (تفعلون) (١) ذلك، ولكن إنما قاتلتكم (لأتأمر) (٢) عليكم، (وقد) (٣) أعطاني اللَّه ذلك وأنتم (له) (٤) كارهون (٥).
Hazrat Saeed bin Suwaid (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Hazrat Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) led us in the Friday prayer at the time of decline at the place of Nakhila, then delivered a sermon to us and said: I did not fight you so that you would start praying, nor so that you would start fasting, nor so that you would start performing Hajj, nor so that you would start giving Zakat. I know very well that you do all these things. I fought you so that I may rule over you, so Allah the Exalted has given me this authority and you dislike it.