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ahmad-zuhd:691ʿAbdullāh > Bī > Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd > Mukhtār b. Nāfiʿ > Abū Maṭar

[Machine] I saw Ali, ﷺ , wearing a wrapped waistcloth and a flowing cloak, and he had a coin with him. He looked like a Bedouin until he reached the market of crockery. He said about a shirt for three dirhams. When they recognized him, they did not buy anything from him. Then, another person came, and when they recognized him, they did not buy anything from him. Then, a boy came and he bought a shirt for three dirhams. Then, the boy's father came and informed him, so his father took a dirham and came with it. Ali said, "What is the matter with this dirham?" The man said, "The price of the shirt was two dirhams." Ali said, "He sold me his satisfaction, and I took his satisfaction."  

الزهد لأحمد:٦٩١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أبِي حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُخْتَارُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِي مَطَرٍ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ مُتَّزِرًا بِإِزَارٍ مُتَرَدِّيًا بِرِدَاءٍ وَمَعَهُ الدِّرَّةَ كَأَنَّهُ أَعْرَابِيٌّ بَدْوِيٌّ حَتَّى بَلَغَ سُوقَ الْكَرَابِيسِ فَقَالَ فِي قَمِيصٍ بِثَلَاثَةِ دَرَاهِمَ فَلَمَّا عَرَفَهُ لَمْ يَشْتَرِ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا فَأَتَى آخَرُ فَلَمَّا عَرَفَهُ لَمْ يَشْتَرِ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا فَأَتَى غُلَامًا حَدَثًا فَاشْتَرَى مِنْهُ قَمِيصًا بِثَلَاثَةِ دَرَاهِمَ ثُمَّ جَاءَ أَبُو الْغُلَامِ فَأَخْبَرَهُ فَأَخَذَ أَبُوهُ دِرْهَمًا ثُمَّ جَاءَ بِهِ فَقَالَ هَذَا الدِّرْهَمُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَقَالَ «مَا شَأْنُ هَذَا الدِّرْهَمِ» قَالَ «كَانَ ثَمَنُ الْقَمِيصِ دِرْهَمَيْنِ» فَقَالَ «بَاعَنِي رِضَايَ وَأَخَذَ رِضَاهُ»  


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bayhaqi:20293Abū Bakr Aḥmad b. al-Ḥasan al-Qāḍī > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-ʿAbbās b. Muḥammad > Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd > al-Mukhtār / Ibn Nāfiʿ > Ibn Maṭar

[Machine] I left the mosque and then there was a man calling from behind me, "lift up your garment, for it is purer for your clothes and more pious for you, and take off your head covering if you are a Muslim." So, I walked behind him and I said, "Who is this?" And a man said to me, "This is Ali, the Commander of the Faithful," and he mentioned the hadith. Then he came to the market of Karamis and he said, "Oh sheikh, sell me a shirt for three dirhams." When the seller recognized him, he did not buy anything from him. Then he went to another person and when he recognized him, he did not buy anything from him. Then he came across a young boy and he bought a shirt from him for three dirhams and he wore it from his wrists to his ankles. So, the father of the boy, who was the owner of the shirt, came and it was said, "Oh so-and-so, your son sold a shirt today to the Commander of the Faithful for three dirhams." He said, "Why didn't you take two dirhams?" So, his father took one dirham and brought it to the Commander of the Faithful and said, "Hold onto this dirham, oh Commander of the Faithful." He said, "What is the matter with this dirham?" He said, "It was the price of a shirt, which was two dirhams." He said, "He bought me with his satisfaction, and he took my satisfaction."  

البيهقي:٢٠٢٩٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ ثنا الْمُخْتَارُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَطَرٍ قَالَ

خَرَجْتُ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ يُنَادِي مِنْ خَلْفِي ارْفَعْ إِزَارَكَ فَإِنَّهُ أَنْقَى لِثَوْبِكَ وَأَتْقَى لَكَ وَخُذْ مِنْ رَأْسِكَ إِنْ كُنْتَ مُسْلِمًا فَمَشَيْتُ خَلْفَهُ فَقُلْتُ مَنْ هَذَا؟ فَقَالَ لِي رَجُلٌ هَذَا عَلِيٌّ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ قَالَ ثُمَّ أَتَى دَارَ فُرَاتٍ وَهُوَ سُوقُ الْكَرَابِيسِ فَقَالَ يَا شَيْخُ أَحْسِنْ بَيْعِي فِي قَمِيصٍ بِثَلَاثَةِ دَرَاهِمَ فَلَمَّا عَرَفَهُ لَمْ يَشْتَرِ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا ثُمَّ أَتَى آخَرَ فَلَمَّا عَرَفَهُ لَمْ يَشْتَرِ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا فَأَتَى غُلَامًا حَدَثًا فَاشْتَرَى مِنْهُ قَمِيصًا بِثَلَاثَةِ دَرَاهِمَ وَلَبِسَهُ مَا بَيْنَ الرُّسْغَيْنِ إِلَى الْكَعْبَيْنِ قَالَ فَجَاءَ أَبُو الْغُلَامِ صَاحِبِ الثَّوْبِ فَقِيلَ يَا فُلَانُ قَدْ بَاعَ ابْنُكَ الْيَوْمَ مِنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَمِيصًا بِثَلَاثَةِ دَرَاهِمَ قَالَ أَفَلَا أَخَذْتَ دِرْهَمَيْنِ فَأَخَذَ أَبُوهُ دِرْهَمًا وَجَاءَ بِهِ إِلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَقَالَ أَمْسِكْ هَذَا الدِّرْهَمَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَالَ مَا شَأْنُ هَذَا الدِّرْهَمِ؟ قَالَ كَانَ قَمِيصًا ثَمَنُهُ دِرْهَمَيْنِ قَالَ بَاعَنِي بِرِضَايَ وَأَخَذَ بِرِضَاهُ