Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 32620 — Reports on talk about rulers

It is narrated from Umm Rashid that she said: I was with Sayyidah Umm Hani (may Allah be pleased with her) when Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) came to her, and she invited him to a meal. She went on to say: I went down to the open square and saw two men, and I heard one of them saying to the other: "Our hands have pledged allegiance to this man; our hearts have not pledged allegiance." She said: I asked: "Who are those two men?" People said: "Sayyiduna Talhah and Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them)." She said: I heard them saying exactly this: "Our hands have pledged allegiance to this man; our hearts have not pledged allegiance." Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Whoever breaks his pledge, the harm of his breaking it falls only on himself, and whoever fulfils the promise he made with Allah, He will soon grant him a great reward."