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bayhaqi:20153 – Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Muḥammad al-Muqriʾ > al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Yūsuf b. Yaʿqūb > Abū al-Rabīʿ > Sharīk > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Ḥanash b. al-Muʿtamir > ʿAlī

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ sent me as a judge to Yemen, so I said, "O Messenger of Allah, I am still young and you are sending me to a people with crooked teeth." He then made supplication for me and said, "When the two disputants come to you, listen to one of them and do not make a judgment until you have heard from the other, for it will be more fair for you." He said, "After that, I did not face any differing rulings."  

البيهقي:٢٠١٥٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُقْرِئُ أنبأ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ ثنا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ حَنَشِ بْنِ الْمُعْتَمِرِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ قَالَ

بَعَثَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ قَاضِيًا يَعْنِي إِلَى الْيَمَنِ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي شَابٌّ وَتَبْعَثُنِي إِلَى أَقْوَامٍ ذَوِي أَسْنَانٍ قَالَ فَدَعَا لِي بِدَعَوَاتٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِذَا أَتَاكَ الْخَصْمَانِ فَسَمِعْتَ مِنْ أَحَدِهِمَا فَلَا تَقْضِيَنَّ حَتَّى تَسْمَعَ مِنَ الْآخَرِ فَإِنَّهُ أَثْبَتُ لَكَ قَالَ فَمَا اخْتَلَفَ عَلَيَّ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ الْقَضَاءُ  

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ahmad:882 – Aswad b. ʿĀmir > Sharīk > Simāk > Ḥanash > ʿAlī

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me to Yemen. I said: O Messenger of Allah, you are sending me to people who are older than me, and I am young and do not know how to judge. He put his hand on my chest and said: ʿO Allah, make his tongue steadfast and guide his heart. O Ali, when two disputants sit before you, do not judge between them until you listen to the second one as you listened to the first. If you do that, the verdict will become clear to you.” ‘Ali said: I never got confused about any judgement after that or doubted a verdict after that.  

أحمد:٨٨٢ – حَدَّثَنَا أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ حَنَشٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ

بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ تَبْعَثُنِي إِلَى قَوْمٍ أَسَنَّ مِنِّي وَأَنَا حَدَثٌ لَا أُبْصِرُ الْقَضَاءَ؟ قَالَ فَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى صَدْرِي وَقَالَ اللهُمَّ ثَبِّتْ لِسَانَهُ وَاهْدِ قَلْبَهُ يَا عَلِيُّ إِذَا جَلَسَ إِلَيْكَ الْخَصْمَانِ فَلا تَقْضِ بَيْنَهُمَا حَتَّى تَسْمَعَ مِنَ الْآخَرِ كَمَا سَمِعْتَ مِنَ الْأَوَّلِ فَإِنَّكَ إِذَا فَعَلْتَ ذَلِكَ تَبَيَّنَ لَكَ الْقَضَاءُ قَالَ فَمَا اخْتَلَفَ عَلَيَّ قَضَاءٌ بَعْدُ أَوْ مَا أَشْكَلَ عَلَيَّ قَضَاءٌ بَعْدُ  

hakim:7025 – Abū ʿAwn Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Māhān al-Bazzār Bimakkah Ḥarasahā Allāh Taʿālá > al-Ṣafā > Muḥammad b. ʿAlī b. Zayd > Saʿīd b. Manṣūr > Sharīk > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Ḥanash > ʿAlī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me to Yemen, and I said, "You are sending me to a people with sharp teeth, and I am still young." He said, "When the two disputants come to you, do not make a judgment until you have heard from the other, just as you have heard from the first." Ali said, "And I continued to be a judge."  

الحاكم:٧٠٢٥ – أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو عَوْنٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مَاهَانَ الْبَزَّارُ بِمَكَّةَ حَرَسَهَا اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَلَى الصَّفَا ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدٍ ثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ثَنَا شَرِيكُ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ حَنَشٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ

بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ فَقُلْتُ تَبْعَثُنِي إِلَى قَوْمٍ ذَوِي أَسْنَانٍ وَأَنَا حَدَثُ السِّنِّ قَالَ «إِذَا جَلَسَ إِلَيْكَ الْخَصْمَانِ فَلَا تَقْضِ لِأَحَدِهِمَا حَتَّى تَسْمَعَ مِنَ الْآخَرِ كَمَا سَمِعْتَ مِنَ الْأَوَّلِ» قَالَ عَلِيٌّ فَمَا زِلْتُ قَاضِيًا  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ» صحيح
nasai-kubra:8366 – Aḥmad b. Sulaymān > Yaḥyá b. Ādam > Sharīk > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Ḥanash b. al-Muʿtamir > ʿAlī

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me to Yemen. I said: O Messenger of Allah, you are sending me to people who are older than me, and I am young and do not know how to judge. He put his hand on my chest and said: ʿO Allah, make his tongue steadfast and guide his heart. O Ali, when two disputants sit before you, do not judge between them until you listen to the second one as you listened to the first. If you do that, the verdict will become clear to you.” ‘Ali said: I never got confused about any judgement after that or doubted a verdict after that. (Using translation from Aḥmad 882)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٣٦٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ حَنَشِ بْنِ الْمُعْتَمِرِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ

بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ وَأَنَا شَابٌّ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ تَبْعَثُنِي وَأَنَا شَابٌّ إِلَى قَوْمٍ ذَوِي أَسْنَانٍ لِأَقْضِيَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَلَا عِلْمَ لِي بِالْقَضَاءِ؟ فَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى صَدْرِي ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِنَّ اللهَ سَيَهْدِي قَلْبَكَ وَيُثَبِّتُ لِسَانَكَ يَا عَلِيُّ إِذَا جَلَسَ إِلَيْكَ الْخَصْمَانِ فَلَا تَقْضِ بَيْنَهُمَا حَتَّى تَسْمَعَ مِنَ الْآخَرِ كَمَا سَمِعْتَ مِنَ الْأَوَّلِ فَإِنَّكَ إِذَا فَعَلْتَ ذَلِكَ تَبَيَّنَ لَكَ الْقَضَاءُ» قَالَ عَلِيٌّ فَمَا أَشْكَلَ عَلَيَّ قَضَاءٌ بَعْدُ  

suyuti:4-2784b – ʿAli > Baʿathaná
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السيوطي:٤-٢٧٨٤b –

"عَنْ عَلِىٍّ قَالَ: بَعَثَنى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَاضِيًا يَعْنِى: إِلَى الْيَمَنِ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ! إِنِّى شَابٌّ وَتَبْعَثُنِى إِلَى أَقْوَامٍ ذَوِى أَسْنَانٍ فَدَعَا لِى بِدَعَوَاتٍ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِذَا أَتَاكَ الْخَصْمَانِ فَسَمِعْتَ مِنْ أَحَدهِما فَلَا تَقْضِى حَتَّى تَسْمَعَ مِنَ الآخَرِ، فَإِنَّهُ أَثْبَتُ لَكَ، قَالَ: فَما اخْتَلَفَ عَلِىٌّ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ".  

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