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Sahih Muslim
كتاب الإمارة
The Book on Government
" إِذَا بُويِعَ لِخَلِيفَتَيْنِ فَاقْتُلُوا الآخَرَ مِنْهُمَا "
When oath of allegiance has been taken for two caliphs, kill the one for whom the oath was taken later.
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