Abdullah bin Umar reported,

I went in to see Hafsa while the locks of her hair were still dripping with water. I said, "The affairs of the people have turned out as you can see, and I have been given no share in this matter."She replied, "Go and join them, for they are waiting for you, and I fear that your staying away from them will cause division." She did not leave him alone until he went.When the people had gathered, Muawiya gave a sermon and said, "Whoever wishes to speak about this matter, let him raise his head and show himself to us, for we have a greater right to it than he does, and than his father."Habib bin Maslama said, "Why did you not answer him?"Abdullah replied, "I loosened my garment and was about to say, 'The one who has more right to this matter than you is the man who fought you and your father over Islam.' But I feared that I would utter a word that would split the unity of the community, cause bloodshed, and have my words carried back distorted. So I remembered what Allah has prepared in the Gardens of Paradise."Habib said, "You were guided and protected."Mahmud reported from Abdul-Razzaq with the wording wa-nuwasatuha.

عن ابن عمر قال

دخلت على حفصة ونسواتها تنطف قلت: قد كان من أمر الناس ما ترين فلم يجعل لي من الأمر شيء، فقالت: الحق فإنهم ينتظرونك، وأخشى أن يكون في احتباسك عنهم فرقة، فلم تدعه حتى ذهب فلما تفرق الناس خطب معاوية، قال: من كان يريد أن يتكلم في هذا الأمر فليطلع لنا قرنه، فلنحن أحق به منه ومن أبيه، قال حبيب بن مسلمة: فهلا أجبته؟ قال عبد الله: فحللت حبوتي، وهممت أن أقول: أحق بهذا الأمر منك من قاتلك وأباك على الإسلام، فخشيت أن أقول كلمة تفرق بين الجمع، وتسفك الدم، ويحمل عني غير ذلك، فذكرت ما أعد الله في الجنان، قال حبيب: حفظت وعصمت قال محمود، عن عبد الرزاق: و نوساتها.