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ahmad:13419ʿAlī b. Thābit > Jaʿfar b. Burqān > ʿImrān al-Baṣrī > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] "I served the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) for ten years, then he mentioned someone similar to him."  

أحمد:١٣٤١٩حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بنُ ثَابِتٍ حَدَّثَنِي جَعْفَرُ بْنُ بُرْقَانَ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ الْبَصْرِيِّ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

خَدَمْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَشْرَ سِنِينَفَذَكَرَ مِثْلَهُ