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[Machine] Uthman and Muawiyah did not distinguish between the polytheist and the first Muslim, the former was connected and the latter was disconnected.  

البيهقي:١٥٩٣٢ – وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْفَقِيهُ أنبأ عَلِيُّ بْنُ عُمَرَ ثنا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ صَفْوَانَ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ ثنا زَحْمَوَيْهِ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ ثنا ابْنُ شِهَابٍ قَالَ

كَانَ عُثْمَانُ ؓ وَمُعَاوِيَةُ لَا يُقِيدَانِ الْمُشْرِكَ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِ الْأَوَّلُ مَوْصُولٌ وَهَذَا مُنْقَطِعٌ  

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suyuti:3-185b – al-Zhrá n ʿUthmān
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السيوطي:٣-١٨٥b –

" عن الزهرى أنَّ عُثْمَانَ ومُعَاوِيَةَ كَانَا لاَ يُقِيدَانِ المُشْرِكَ مِنَ المُسْلِم ".  

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