I heard Hajjaj saying from the pulpit, "These red-skinned ones are nothing but lumps of meat. By Allah, if stick were struck against stick, I would scatter them like yesterday that has passed." He meant the mawali.
حدثنا عثمان بن أبي شيبة حدثنا ابن إدريس
سمعت الحجاج يقول على المنبر هذه الحمراء هبر هبر أما والله لو قد قرعت عصا بعصا لأذرنهم كالأمس الذاهب يعني الموالي
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[Its isnad is sahih].