An Answer for the Above

 
Jahiz, in reply to the above, says that this gentleness and kindness (of Abu Bakr) is not evidence of his being free from oppression, injustice and violation, and indeed how likely that a tyrant and a treacherous man may act with deceit and fraud, particularly when he is clever and intelligent. He can propound his speech using kind words and gentle dictates and portray himself to be just and equitable, and thus show himself to be saddened by the events.