166. al-Bayān wa al-Tabyin: When Ali ibn Abi Tālib (a.s.) was on the pulpit, Hārith ibn Hawt al-Laythi stood up and said: “Do you think that we consider that Talha and Zubair have gone astray?”
He replied: “O Hārith! You are confused. Certainly you are confused. The truth is not known through men. So come to know the truth and you will only then know its people.”1
See: The Encyclopedia of Amir al-Mu'minin: (Confusion by those lacking insight).
1.. al-Bayān wa al-Tabyin, vol. ۳, p. ۲۱۱, Tārikh al-Ya`qubi, vol. ۲, p. ۲۱۰.