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The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “O ‘Ali, if you are appointed in charge after I am gone, then expel the people of Najran from the Arabian Peninsula.”  

أحمد:٦٦١حَدَّثَنَا خَلَفٌ حَدَّثَنَا قَيْسٌ عَنِ الْأَشْعَثِ بْنِ سَوَّارٍ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَبِي ظَبْيَانَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَا عَلِيُّ إِنْ أَنْتَ وُلِّيتَ الْأَمْرَ بَعْدِي فَأَخْرِجْ أَهْلَ نَجْرَانَ مِنْ جَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِ  


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السيوطي:٤-٨٩٢b

" عَنْ عَلِىٍّ قَالَ: قَالَ لِى رَسُولُ الله ﷺ : إِنْ وَلِيتَ هَذَا الأَمْرَ مِنْ بَعْدِى فَأَخْرِجْ أَهْلَ نَجْرَانَ مِنْ جَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَب ".  

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