English translation
[22] It was narrated that Ibn Abî Mulaikah said: "I wrote to Ibn 'Abbâs asking him to write something for me, but to be selective. He said: 'A sincere boy, I will choose for him and be selective.' He called for a record of judgements passed by 'Alī, and he started to write down some of them and he would come across some things and say: 'By Allāh, 'Alī would never have passed such a judgement unless he got it wrong.'"
