Allah heals you and removes what you find.' She departed, and what she used to find had vanished.

Among them is what he manifested after the absence of the Messenger of Allah — Exalted Glory — on the Day of Basra. It is related that he — Exalted Glory — ordered 'Abd Allah ibn al-'Abbas, saying: 'Go to the people, perhaps you may turn them away from fighting me.' He went to them and found they had unsheathed their weapons. He tried to dissuade them from fighting, exhorted them, and threatened them, but they did not recant and said: 'We must fight him.' 'Abd Allah ibn al-'Abbas said: I came to Amir Al-Muminin — Exalted Glory — and found him mending a shoe. I told him what happened with them and informed him of the news. He did not raise his head to me and said: 'O Ibn 'Abbas, by Allah, my fighting them is easier for me than mending this shoe. I shall surely kill the people and you shall see them as Allah the Almighty said: «As if they were trunks of hollow palm trees. Then do you see of them any remains? »¹ I shall take the wealth with the people and divide it among my men; the amount that strikes every man of them will be five hundred dirhams, neither increasing nor decreasing.' The matter was exactly as he stated.

Among them is what he manifested on the Day of Siffin. It is related from Abu Hurayra that he said: I was one night with Mu'awiya, and with him were a group of the leaders of the Umayyads, discussing what had befallen them from the fighting of Amir Al-Muminin — Exalted Glory — and what they were tested with by the fighting of Malik al-Ashtar — may he be honored —. Suddenly, Malik al-Ashtar — may he be honored — appeared with a group leading him as a prisoner. When Mu'awiya — may Allah curse him — saw him, he said: 'Clear the way for him.' 'Amr ibn al-'As — may Allah curse him — said: 'Nay, his head should be taken.' Mu'awiya said: 'Nay, he shall be cleared.' While they were thus, the curtain of the tent was removed and