[Machine] He saw Muawiyah giving a sermon on the pulpit and in his hand was a piece of poetry. He said, "Where are your scholars, O people of the city? I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbidding such things and he said, 'The Children of Israel were only punished when they adopted such practices with their wives.'"
أَنَّهُ رَأَى مُعَاوِيَةَ يَخْطُبُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ وَفِي يَدِهِ قُصَّةٌ مِنَ الشَّعْرِ قَالَ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ أَيْنَ عُلَمَاؤُكُمْ يَا أَهْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ؟ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَنْهَى عَنْ مِثْلِ هَذَا وَقَالَ «إِنَّمَا عُذِّبَتْ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ حِينَ اتَّخَذَتْ هَذِهِ نِسَاؤُهُمْ»