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Closing the doors opening into the mosque except Ali's door

ahmad:1511 – Ḥajjāj > Fiṭr > Abdullāh b. Shurayk > Abdullāh b. al-Ruqaym al-Kinānī > Saʿd b. Mālik

[AI] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered that the doors opening into the mosque be sealed, while leaving Ali's door.

أحمد:١٥١١ – حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ حَدَّثَنَا فِطْرٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ شَرِيكٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الرُّقَيْمِ الْكِنَانِيِّ قَالَ خَرَجْنَا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ زَمَنَ الْجَمَلِ فَلَقِيَنَا سَعْدُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ بِهَا فَقَالَ

أَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِسَدِّ الْأَبْوَابِ الشَّارِعَةِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ، وَتَرْكِ بَابِ عَلِيٍّ.

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nasai-kubra:8373 – Muḥammad b. Wahb > Miskīn > Shuʿbah > Abū Balj > ʿAmr b. Maymūn > Ibn ʿAbbās Waʾabū Balj > Yaḥyá b. Abū Sulaymān

[Machine] "The messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered the doors of the mosque to be closed, except for the door of Ali."

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٣٧٣ – أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مِسْكِينٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي بَلْجٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَأَبُو بَلْجٍ هُوَ يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ

«أَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِأَبْوَابِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَسُدَّتْ إِلَّا بَابَ عَلِيٍّ»