Peak of Eloquence Nahjul Balagha By Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib - English Translation - Sermon 238

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When Othman ibn Affan was surrounded, Abdullah ibn
Abbas brought a letter to Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib (􀁸) from Othman
in which the latter expressed the desire that Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib
(􀁸) go to his estate, Yanbu’, so that the proposal that was being
mooted out for him to become caliph would subside. Othman had
made this same request earlier. Upon this, Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib
(􀁸) said the following to Ibn Abbas:.
O Ibn Abbas! Othman just wants to treat me like the waterdrawing
camel so that I may go forward and backward with the bucket.
Once he sent word that I should go out, then he sent me word that I
should return. Now, again he sends me word that I should go out. By
Allah, I continued to protect him till I feared lest I should become a
sinner.