Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 40155 — Those who disliked going out during

It is narrated from al-Sha'bi that he said: When the peace was made between Sayyiduna al-Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him), Sayyiduna al-Hasan intended to leave for Madinah. Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah said to him: "You will not go until you have addressed the people." Mujalid reported from al-Sha'bi that al-Sha'bi said: I heard him on the pulpit. He praised Allah and extolled Him, then said: "To proceed: Indeed, the most intelligent thing is piety, and the most helpless thing is wickedness and sin. And this matter (the caliphate), over which Mu'awiyah and I differed, was either a right of mine that I have given up for Mu'awiyah, or a right belonging to a man more entitled to it than I. I have done this only to preserve your blood. And I do not know; perhaps it is a trial for you and an enjoyment for an appointed time." Then he came down.