Hazrat Huzail bin Shurahbeel (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Hazrat Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) delivered a sermon to us and said: O people! You have come and you have pledged allegiance to me with happiness, and if you had pledged allegiance to an Abyssinian slave whose ears and nose were cut off, I too would have gone with you to pledge allegiance at his hand. The narrator says that when he descended from the pulpit, Hazrat Amr bin Aas (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: Do you know what you have done today? You think that people have pledged allegiance to you with happiness, and if they had pledged allegiance to an Abyssinian slave whose ears and nose were cut off, you too would have gone with them to pledge allegiance at his hand. The narrator says that upon hearing this, Hazrat Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) ascended the pulpit and said: O people! Is there anyone more deserving of this matter than me?