[Machine] "I arrived in Damascus wanting to conquer, so I went to greet Abd al-Malik to convert to Islam. I found him in a dome, on a bed near the Qa'im, with two mats underneath. I greeted him and then I sat down. He said to me, 'O son of Shihab, do you know what happened in the morning at the Al-Aqsa Mosque where Ali ibn Abi Talib was killed?' I replied, 'Yes.' He then said, 'Come with me.' I stood up from behind the people and followed him behind the dome. He turned his face towards me and leaned towards me and asked, 'What happened?' I replied, 'Not a stone was lifted at the Al-Aqsa Mosque without finding blood underneath it.' He said, 'No one besides me and you knows this, and no one should hear it from you.' So, I did not speak of it until he passed away."  

قَدِمْتُ دِمَشْقَ وَأَنَا أُرِيدُ الْغَزْوَ فَأَتَيْتُ عَبْدَ الْمَلِكِ لِأُسْلِمَ عَلَيْهِ فَوَجَدْتُهُ فِي قُبَّةٍ عَلَى فَرْشٍ بِقُرْبِ الْقَائِمِ وَتَحْتَهُ سِمَاطَانِ فَسَلَّمْتُ ثُمَّ جَلَسْتُ فَقَالَ لِي يَا ابْنَ شِهَابٍ أَتَعْلَمُ مَا كَانَ فِي بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ صَبَاحَ قُتِلَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ؟ فَقُلْتُ نَعَمْ فَقَالَ هَلُمَّ فَقُمْتُ مِنْ وَرَاءِ النَّاسِ حَتَّى أَتَيْتُ خَلْفَ الْقُبَّةِ فَحَوَّلَ إِلَيَّ وَجْهَهُ فَأَحْنَا عَلَيَّ فَقَالَ مَا كَانَ؟ فَقُلْتُ «لَمْ يُرْفَعْ حَجَرٌ مِنْ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ إِلَّا وُجِدَ تَحْتَهُ دَمٌ» فَقَالَ «لَمْ يَبْقَ أَحَدٌ يَعْلَمُ هَذَا غَيْرِي وَغَيْرُكَ لَا يَسْمَعَنَّ مِنْكَ أَحَدٌ» فَمَا حَدَّثْتُ بِهِ حَتَّى تُوُفِّيَوالخبر مرسل