Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 40599 — The journey of Aishah, Ali, Talhah

It is reported from Abdullah bin al-Harith: I came to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) when he had finished with the Battle of the Camel. He took me by the hand and led me to his house. There his wife and two daughters were weeping, and a slave girl had been seated at the door to tell them when someone came. Seeing the women weeping, she became distracted, until Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) entered, and I stayed behind and stood at the door. They fell silent. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said to them: "Why are you weeping?" Then he rebuked them once or twice. Then one of the women said: "We are saying what you heard from us about Sayyiduna Uthman and his kinship (to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)), and about Sayyiduna al-Zubayr and Sayyiduna Talhah and his kinship." Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I hope that we will be like those about whom Allah Almighty has said: 'We will remove rancour from their hearts; they will be brothers, sitting on couches facing one another' [Al-Hijr: 47]." Then Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Who will they be if we are not? Who will they be?" He repeated this many times, until the wish arose in my heart that he would fall silent.