"Ali bin Abi Talib came to my father to call him to go out(to fight) with him. My father said to him: 'Indeed my beloved, the son of your paternal uncle, made a covenant with me, that when the people differ, to take a sword of wood. So I have resigned it, if you wish I will take it out with you.' She said: 'So he left him."'
Reference: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2203 In-book : Book 33, Hadith 46 English translation : Vol. 4, Book 7, Hadith 2203
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