ومن كلام له (عليه السلام) رَوَى ذِعْلَبٌ الْيَمَامِيُّ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ قُتَيْبَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ دِحْيَةَ قَالَ : كُنَّا عِنْدَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمنِيِنَ عليه السلام وَقَدْ ذُكِرَ عِنْدَهُ اخْتِلَافُ النَّاسِ فَقَالَ:
Dhi‘lib al-Yamāmī has related from Aḥmad ibn Qutaybah, and he from ‘Abdullāh ibn Yazīd and he from from Mālik ibn Diḥyah who said, “We were with Amīr al-mu’minīn when discussion arose about the differences of men (in features and conduct) and then Amīr al-mu’minīn said”: