And it was narrated to me by Zuhayr ibn Harb, who said: Sufyan ibn ‘Uyaynah narrated to us, from ‘Ubaydullah ibn Abi Yazid, from Mujahid, from Ibn Abi Layla, from ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib.

And it was also narrated to us by Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullah ibn Numayr and ‘Ubayd ibn Ya‘ish, from ‘Abdullah ibn Numayr, who said: ‘Abd al-Malik narrated to us, from ‘Ata’ ibn Abi Rabah, from Mujahid, from Ibn Abi Layla, from ‘Ali, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, with a narration similar to that of al-Hakam, from Ibn Abi Layla, and he added in the narration: ‘Ali said:“I have not abandoned it since I heard it from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him.”It was said to him:“Not even on the night of Siffin?”He said:“Not even on the night of Siffin.”And in the narration of ‘Ata’, from Mujahid, from Ibn Abi Layla, he said: I said to him:“Not even on the night of Siffin?”