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ahmad-zuhd:923ʿAbdullāh > ʿAmr b. Muḥammad al-Nāqid > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah

[Machine] Al-Zuhri said, "I have not seen a Hashemite better than Ali ibn al-Hussein, may Allah's blessings be upon them all."  

الزهد لأحمد:٩٢٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ النَّاقِدُ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ لَمْ أَرَ هَاشِمِيًّا أَفْضَلَ مِنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمْ أَجْمَعِينَ