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ahmad:19928 – ʿAbd al-Razzāq And ʿAffān al-Maʿná Wahadhā Ḥadīth ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Jaʿfar b. Sulaymān > Yazīd al-Rishk > Muṭarrif b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent a small group and appointed Ali ibn Abi Talib as their leader. He instructed them regarding their journey, and they pledged to fulfill his command. Afan said, "Four companions of Muhammad ﷺ made an agreement to inform him of Ali's actions." Imran said, "Whenever we returned from a journey, we would greet the Messenger of Allah ﷺ first." He said, "So they entered upon him, and one of them stood up and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, Ali did this and that.' The Messenger turned away from him. Then the second one stood up and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, Ali did this and that.' The Messenger turned away from him. Then the third one stood up and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, Ali did this and that.' The Messenger turned away from him. Then the fourth one stood up and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, Ali did this and that.' The Messenger ﷺ turned towards the fourth person and his face had changed expression. He said, 'Let Ali be, let Ali be, let Ali be. Verily, Ali is from me, and I am from him. He is the guardian of every believer after me.'"  

أحمد:١٩٩٢٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ وَعَفَّانُ الْمَعْنَى وَهَذَا حَدِيثُ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ الرِّشْكُ عَنْ مُطَرِّفِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ

بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَرِيَّةً وَأَمَّرَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَأَحْدَثَ شَيْئًا فِي سَفَرِهِ فَتَعَاهَدَ قَالَ عَفَّانُ فَتَعَاقَدَ أَرْبَعَةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ أَنْ يَذْكُرُوا أَمْرَهُ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ عِمْرَانُ وَكُنَّا إِذَا قَدِمْنَا مِنْ سَفَرٍ بَدَأْنَا بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَسَلَّمْنَا عَلَيْهِ قَالَ فَدَخَلُوا عَلَيْهِ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ عَلِيًّا فَعَلَ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ ثُمَّ قَامَ الثَّانِي فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ عَلِيًّا فَعَلَ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ ثُمَّ قَامَ الثَّالِثُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ عَلِيًّا فَعَلَ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ ثُمَّ قَامَ الرَّابِعُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ عَلِيًّا فَعَلَ كَذَا وَكَذَا قَالَ فَأَقْبَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى الرَّابِعِ وَقَدْ تَغَيَّرَ وَجْهُهُ فَقَالَ دَعُوا عَلِيًّا دَعُوا عَلِيًّا دَعُوا عَلِيًّا إِنَّ عَلِيًّا مِنِّي وَأَنَا مِنْهُ وَهُوَ وَلِيُّ كُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ بَعْدِي  

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tirmidhi:3712 – Qutaybah > Jaʿfar b. Sulaymān al-Ḍubaʿī > Yazīd al-Rishk > Muṭarrif b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ dispatched an army and he put 'Ali bin Abi Talib in charge of it. He left on the expedition and he entered upon a female slave. So four of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ scolded him, and they made a pact saying: "[If] we meet the Messenger of Allah ﷺ we will inform him of what 'Ali did." When the Muslims returned from the journey, they would begin with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and give him Salam, then they would go to their homes. So when the expedition arrived, they gave Salam to the Prophet ﷺ, and one of the four stood saying: "O Messenger of Allah! Do you see that 'Ali bin Abi Talib did such and such." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ turned away from him. Then the second one stood and said as he said, and he turned away from him. Then the third stood before him, and said as he said, and he turned away from him. Then the fourth stood and said as they had said. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ faced him, and the anger was visible on his face, he said: "What do you want from 'Ali?! What do you want from 'Ali?! What do you want from 'Ali?! Indeed 'Ali is from me, and I am from him, and he is the ally of every believer after me."  

الترمذي:٣٧١٢ – حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الضُّبَعِيُّ عَنْ يَزِيدَ الرِّشْكِ عَنْ مُطَرِّفِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ

بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ جَيْشًا وَاسْتَعْمَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَمَضَى فِي السَّرِيَّةِ فَأَصَابَ جَارِيَةً فَأَنْكَرُوا عَلَيْهِ وَتَعَاقَدَ أَرْبَعَةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالُوا إِذَا لَقِينَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَخْبَرْنَاهُ بِمَا صَنَعَ عَلِيٌّ وَكَانَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ إِذَا رَجَعُوا مِنَ السَّفَرِ بَدَءُوا بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَسَلَّمُوا عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفُوا إِلَى رِحَالِهِمْ فَلَمَّا قَدِمَتِ السَّرِيَّةُ سَلَّمُوا عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَامَ أَحَدُ الأَرْبَعَةِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ صَنَعَ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ قَامَ الثَّانِي فَقَالَ مِثْلَ مَقَالَتِهِ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ ثُمَّ قَامَ إِلَيْهِ الثَّالِثُ فَقَالَ مِثْلَ مَقَالَتِهِ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ ثُمَّ قَامَ الرَّابِعُ فَقَالَ مِثْلَ مَا قَالُوا فَأَقْبَلَ إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَالْغَضَبُ يُعْرَفُ فِي وَجْهِهِ فَقَالَ مَا تُرِيدُونَ مِنْ عَلِيٍّ مَا تُرِيدُونَ مِنْ عَلِيٍّ مَا تُرِيدُونَ مِنْ عَلِيٍّ إِنَّ عَلِيًّا مِنِّي وَأَنَا مِنْهُ وَهُوَ وَلِيُّ كُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ مِنْ بَعْدِي  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ
hakim:4579 – Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū And Muḥammad b. Nuʿaym > Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Jaʿfar b. Sulaymān al-Ḍubaʿī > Yazīd al-Rishk > Muṭarrif > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ dispatched an army and he put 'Ali bin Abi Talib in charge of it. He left on the expedition and he entered upon a female slave. So four of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ scolded him, and they made a pact saying: "[If] we meet the Messenger of Allah ﷺ we will inform him of what 'Ali did." When the Muslims returned from the journey, they would begin with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and give him Salam, then they would go to their homes. So when the expedition arrived, they gave Salam to the Prophet ﷺ, and one of the four stood saying: "O Messenger of Allah! Do you see that 'Ali bin Abi Talib did such and such." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ turned away from him. Then the second one stood and said as he said, and he turned away from him. Then the third stood before him, and said as he said, and he turned away from him. Then the fourth stood and said as they had said. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ faced him, and the anger was visible on his face, he said: "What do you want from 'Ali?! What do you want from 'Ali?! What do you want from 'Ali?! Indeed 'Ali is from me, and I am from him, and he is the ally of every believer after me." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3712)   

الحاكم:٤٥٧٩ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الْحَافِظُ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ نُعَيْمٍ قَالَا ثنا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ثنا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الضُّبَعِيُّ عَنْ يَزِيدَ الرِّشْكِ عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ

بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَرِيَّةً وَاسْتَعْمَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَمَضَى عَلِيٌّ فِي السَّرِيَّةِ فَأَصَابَ جَارِيَةً فَأَنْكَرُوا ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِ فَتَعَاقَدَ أَرْبَعَةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا لَقِينَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لَأَخْبَرْنَاهُ بِمَا صَنَعَ عَلِيٌّ قَالَ عِمْرَانُ وَكَانَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ إِذَا قَدِمُوا مِنْ سَفَرٍ بَدَءُوا بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَنَظَرُوا إِلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمُوا عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفُوا إِلَى رِحَالِهِمْ فَلَمَّا قَدِمَتِ السَّرِيَّةُ سَلَّمُوا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَامَ أَحَدُ الْأَرْبَعَةِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ عَلِيًّا صَنَعَ كَذَا وَكَذَا؟ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ ثُمَّ قَامَ الثَّانِي فَقَالَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ ثُمَّ قَامَ الثَّالِثُ فَقَالَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ ثُمَّ قَامَ الرَّابِعُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ عَلِيًّا صَنَعَ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَالْغَضَبُ فِي وَجْهِهِ فَقَالَ «مَا تُرِيدُونَ مِنْ عَلِيٍّ إِنَّ عَلِيًّا مِنِّي وَأَنَا مِنْهُ وَوَلِيُّ كُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ مُسْلِمٍ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ سكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ نَاصِرٌ لِمَنِ انْتَصَرَ بِهِ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ بَعْدَ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ

ibnhibban:6929 – Abū Yaʿlá > al-Ḥasan b. ʿUmar b. Shaqīq > Jaʿfar b. Sulaymān > Yazīd al-Rishk > Muṭarrif b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Shikhhīr > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ dispatched an army and he put 'Ali bin Abi Talib in charge of it. He left on the expedition and he entered upon a female slave. So four of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ scolded him, and they made a pact saying: "[If] we meet the Messenger of Allah ﷺ we will inform him of what 'Ali did." When the Muslims returned from the journey, they would begin with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and give him Salam, then they would go to their homes. So when the expedition arrived, they gave Salam to the Prophet ﷺ, and one of the four stood saying: "O Messenger of Allah! Do you see that 'Ali bin Abi Talib did such and such." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ turned away from him. Then the second one stood and said as he said, and he turned away from him. Then the third stood before him, and said as he said, and he turned away from him. Then the fourth stood and said as they had said. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ faced him, and the anger was visible on his face, he said: "What do you want from 'Ali?! What do you want from 'Ali?! What do you want from 'Ali?! Indeed 'Ali is from me, and I am from him, and he is the ally of every believer after me." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3712)   

ابن حبّان:٦٩٢٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ الرِّشْكِ عَنْ مُطَرِّفِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الشِّخِّيرِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ

بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَرِيَّةً وَاسْتَعْمَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَلِيًّا قَالَ فَمَضَى عَلِيٌّ فِي السَّرِيَّةِ فَأَصَابَ جَارِيَةً فَأَنْكَرَ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِ أَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالُوا إِذَا لَقِينَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَخْبَرْنَاهُ بِمَا صَنَعَ عَلِيٌّ قَالَ عِمْرَانُ وَكَانَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ إِذَا قَدِمُوا مِنْ سَفَرٍ بَدَؤُوا بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَسَلَّمُوا عَلَيْهِ وَنَظَرُوا إِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ يَنْصَرِفُونَ إِلَى رِحَالِهِمْ فَلَمَّا قَدِمَتِ السَّرِيَّةُ سَلَّمُوا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَامَ أَحَدُ الْأَرْبَعَةِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ عَلِيًّا صَنَعَ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ ثُمَّ قَامَ آخَرُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ عَلِيًّا صَنَعَ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ ثُمَّ قَامَ آخَرُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ عَلِيًّا صَنَعَ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَأَقْبَلَ إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَالْغَضَبُ يُعْرَفُ فِي وَجْهِهِ فقَالَ «مَا تُرِيدُونَ مِنْ عَلِيٍّ ثَلَاثًا إِنَّ عَلِيًّا مِنِّي وَأَنَا مِنْهُ وَهُوَ وَلِيُّ كُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ بَعْدِي»  

tabarani:15416 – [Chain 1] ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > al-ʿAbbās b. al-Walīd al-Narsī [Chain 2] Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná > Musaddad [Chain 3] Bishr b. Mūsá al-Ḥasan b. al-Mutawakkil al-Baghdādī > Khālid b. Yazīd al-ʿAdanī > Jaʿfar b. Sulaymān > Yazīd al-Rishk > Muṭarrif b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent a military expedition and appointed Ali as their leader. Ali went with the expedition and encountered a slave girl. The companions of the Messenger of Allah criticized him for that, so four of them made a pact and said that when they meet the Messenger of Allah, they will inform him of what Ali had done. Imran said, "When Muslims return from a journey, they first greet the Messenger of Allah, then they disperse." When the expedition returned, they greeted the Messenger of Allah and one of the four stood up and said, "O Messenger of Allah, didn't you see what Ali did?" The Messenger turned away from him. Then another one of them stood up and said the same thing, and the Messenger turned away from him as well. Then the third one stood up and said the same thing, and the Messenger turned away from him too. Finally, the fourth one stood up and said the same thing, so the Messenger of Allah turned towards him. The anger could be seen on his face as he said, "What do you want from Ali? He is from me and I am from him, and he is the guardian of every believer after me."  

الطبراني:١٥٤١٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ ثنا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ النَّرْسِيُّ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُوسَى الْحَسَنُ بْنُ الْمُتَوَكِّلِ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ ثنا خَالِدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ الْعَدَنِيُّ قَالُوا ثنا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ الرِّشْكِ عَنْ مُطَرِّفِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ

بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَرِيَّةً فَاسْتَعْمَلَ عَلَيْهِمُ عَلِيًّا فَمَضَى عَلَى السَّرِيَّةِ فَأَصَابَ عَلِيٌّ جَارِيَةً فَأَنْكَرُوا ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِ فَتَعَاقَدَ أَرْبَعَةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالُوا إِذَا لَقِينَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَخْبَرْنَاهُ بِمَا صَنَعَ قَالَ عِمْرَانُ وَكَانَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ إِذَا قَدِمُوا مِنْ سَفَرٍ بَدَأُوا بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَسَلَّمُوا عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفُوا فَلَمَّا قَدِمَتِ السَّرِيَّةُ سَلَّمُوا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَامَ أَحَدُ الْأَرْبَعَةِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ عَلِيًّا صَنَعَ كَذَا وَكَذَا؟ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ ثُمَّ قَامَ آخَرُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ عَلِيًّا صَنَعَ كَذَا وَكَذَا؟ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ ثُمَّ قَامَ آخَرُ مِنْهُمْ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ عَلِيًّا صَنَعَ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ ثُمَّ قَامَ الرَّابِعُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ عَلِيًّا صَنَعَ كَذَا وَكَذَا؟ فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُعْرَفُ الْغَضَبُ فِي وَجْهِهِ فَقَالَ «مَاذَا تُرِيدُونَ مِنْ عَلِيٍّ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ إِنَّ عَلِيًّا مِنِّي وَأَنَا مِنْهُ وَهُوَ وَلِيُّ كُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ بَعْدِي»