Hadith 24:24
Abu Mu'awiyah narrated to us, from al-A'mash, from Habib, from Hudhayl ibn Shurahbil, who said: Mu'awiyah addressed them and said: "O people, you have pledged allegiance to me willingly, and had you pledged allegiance to a mutilated Abyssinian slave, I would have come to pledge allegiance to him along with you." He said: When he descended from the pulpit, 'Amr ibn al-'As said to him: "Do you know what you have brought forth today? You claimed that the people pledged allegiance to you willingly, and that had they pledged allegiance to a mutilated Abyssinian slave, you would have come to pledge allegiance to him along with them." He said: So Mu'awiyah stood up to the pulpit and said: "O people, and was there anyone more entitled to this matter than I?"
حدثنا أبو معاوية عن الأعمش عن حبيب عن هذيل بن شرحبيل قال خطبهم معاوية فقال أيها الناس إنكم فيما بايعتموني طائعين ولو بايعتم عبدا حبشيا مجدعا لجئت حتى أبايعه معكم قال فلما نزل عن المنبر قال له عمرو بن العاص تدري أي شيء جئت به اليوم زعمت أن الناس بايعوك طائعين ولو بايعوا عبدا حبشيا مجدعا لجئت حتى تبايعه معهم قال فقام معاوية إلى المنبر فقال أيها الناس وهل كان أحد أحق بهذا الأمر مني