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[Machine] Six brothers and a grandfather, so he wrote to him, "Make him one of them and erase my book."  

البيهقي:١٢٤٣٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو أنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى أنا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ فِرَاسٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ قَالَ كَتَبَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ إِلَى عَلِيٍّ ؓ يَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ

سِتَّةِ إِخْوَةٍ وَجَدٍّ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ اجْعَلْهُ كَأَحَدِهِمْ وَامْحُ كِتَابِي  


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"عَنِ الشَعبِى قَالَ: كَتَبَ ابنُ عَباسٍ إِلَى عَلِىٍّ يَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ سِتَّةِ إِخْوَةٍ وَجَدٍّ فَكَتبَ إِلَيْهِ اجْعَلْهُ كَأَحَدِهِم وَامْحُ كِتابِى".  

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