Sha’bi narrates that when reconciliation took place between Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and Muawiyah bin Abi Sufyan, Hasan intended to return to Madinah. Muawiyah said to him,“You will not leave until you address the people.”Sha’bi says that after this, I heard Hasan on the pulpit; he praised and glorified Allah, then said:“To proceed! The greatest wisdom is to adopt piety, and the greatest humility is to commit sins. Indeed, this leadership over which there was disagreement between me and Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) was my right, which I have relinquished for Muawiyah, or it was the right of someone who was more deserving of it than me. And I have done this for the protection of your lives, and I do not know—perhaps this matter is a trial for you and a means of benefit for a time.”