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ahmad:1168Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > ʿĀṣim b. Kulayb > Abū Burdah Qālasamiʿt ʿAlī b. Abū Ṭālib

I heard Abu Burdah say: I heard ʿAli bin Abi Talib ؓ say: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ʿSay: O Allah, I ask You for guidance and proper aim. When you ask for guidance, think of directions when travelling, and when you ask for proper aim, think of aiming an arrow.” And he forbade - or forbade me - to wear garments made from a blend of linen and silk, to use red saddle cloths, or to wear a ring on the forefinger or middle finger.  

أحمد:١١٦٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ كُلَيْبٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا بُرْدَةَ قَالَسَمِعْتُ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قُلْ اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْهُدَى وَالسَّدَادَ وَاذْكُرْ بِالْهُدَى هِدَايَتَكَ الطَّرِيقَ وَاذْكُرْ بِالسَّدَادِ تَسْدِيدَكَ السَّهْمَ قَالَ وَنَهَى أَوْ نَهَانِي عَنِ الْقَسِّيِّ وَالْمِيثَرَةِ وَعَنِ الْخَاتَمِ فِي السَّبَّابَةِ أَوِ الْوُسْطَى  


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ahmad:664Khalaf > Khālid > ʿĀṣim b. Kulayb > Abū Burdah b. Abū Mūsá > ʿAlī

The Prophet ﷺ said: ʿAsk Allah, may He be exalted, for guidance and proper aim. When asking for guidance, think of directions when travelling, and when asking for proper aim, think of aiming an arrow.”  

أحمد:٦٦٤حَدَّثَنَا خَلَفٌ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ كُلَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ بْنِ أَبِي مُوسَى أَنَّ عَلِيًّا قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ سَلِ اللهَ تَعَالَى الْهُدَى وَالسَّدَادَ وَاذْكُرْ بِالْهُدَى هِدَايَتَكَ الطَّرِيقَ وَاذْكُرْ بِالسَّدَادِ تَسْدِيدَكَ السَّهْمَ  

ibnhibban:998ʿUmar b. Muḥammad al-Hamdānī > Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Muḥammad > Shuʿbah > ʿĀṣim b. Kulayb > Abū Burdah > ʿAlī Riḍwān Allāh ʿAlayh

I heard Abu Burdah say: I heard ʿAli bin Abi Talib ؓ say: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ʿSay: O Allah, I ask You for guidance and proper aim. When you ask for guidance, think of directions when travelling, and when you ask for proper aim, think of aiming an arrow.” And he forbade - or forbade me - to wear garments made from a blend of linen and silk, to use red saddle cloths, or to wear a ring on the forefinger or middle finger. (Using translation from Aḥmad 1168)   

ابن حبّان:٩٩٨أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ كُلَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا رِضْوَانُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ يَقُولُ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَقُولُ «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْهُدَى وَالسَّدَادَ وَاذْكُرْ بِالْهُدَى هِدَايَتَكَ الطَّرِيقَ وَاذْكُرْ بِالتَّسْدِيدِ تَسْدِيدَ السَّهْمِ» «وَنَهَانِي نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْقَسِّيِّ وَالْمِيثَرَةِ وَعَنِ الْخَاتَمِ فِي السَّبَّابَةِ وَالْوُسْطَى»