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وذكروا أن عليّا حمَل على عمرو بن العاص يوماً فضربه بالرمح فألقاه إلى الأرض فبدت سَوءته فرجع علي عنه فقال له أصحابه ما لك يا أمير المؤمنين رجعت عنه فقال أتدرون من هو قالوا لا قال هو عمرُو بن العاص وإنه تلقّاني بسوءته فذكّرني بالرحم فرجعت عنه فلما رجع عمرو إلى معاوية قال له احمد الله واحمد استك

البداية والنهاية لإبن كثير فصل ثم دخلت سنة سبع وثلاثين

It was mentioned that ‘Ali provoked ‘Amr ibn Al-‘As one day, and struck him with a spear; he threw him to the ground and his private parts were exposed, and ‘Ali turned away from him. His companions said to him: What’s with you, Oh Leader of the Faithful, in turning away from him? And he said: Do you all know who he is? They said: No. He said: He is ‘Amr ibn Al-‘As, and indeed he has exposed his private parts to me, and has reminded me of kinship; so I turned away from him. And when ‘Amr made it back to Mu’awiya, Mu’awiya said to him: Praise Allah and praise your ass!

Ibn Kathir, Al-bidaya wa Al-nihaya [The Beginning and the End], Section: Entering then year thirty-seven

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