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ahmad:13214ʿAbd al-Ṣamad And ʿAffān > Ḥammād al-Maʿná > Simāk > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent Abu Bakr As-Siddiq with a message. When he reached Dhul-Hulayfah, he said, "Nobody should convey this message except me or a person from my household." So he sent it with Ali."  

أحمد:١٣٢١٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ وَعَفَّانُ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ الْمَعْنَى عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بَعَثَ بِبَرَاءَةٌ مَعَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ ذَا الْحُلَيْفَةِ قَالَ عَفَّانُ لَا يُبَلِّغُهَا إِلَّا أَنَا أَوْ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِي فَبَعَثَ بِهَا مَعَ عَلِيٍّ  


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ahmad:14019ʿAffān > Ḥammād > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent with a letter along with Abu Bakr to the people of Makkah. Then he called him and sent with it Ali. He said, 'Only a man from my family should deliver it.'"  

أحمد:١٤٠١٩حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا سِمَاكُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بَعَثَ بِبَرَاءَةٌ مَعَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ إِلَى أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ قَالَ ثُمَّ دَعَاهُ قَالَ فَبَعَثَ بِهَا عَلِيًّا قَالَ لَا يُبَلِّغُهَا إِلَّا رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِي  

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"أنَّ النَّبِىَّ ﷺ : بَعَثَ بِبَراءَة مَعَ أَبِى بَكرٍ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ (* * *) فَدَعَاهُ، فَبَعَثَ عَليًا، فَقَالَ: لاَ يُبَلِّغُهَا إِلاَّ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أهْلِ بَيْتِى".  

[ش] ابن أبى شيبة