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bayhaqi:20333Abū Zakariyyā b. Abū Isḥāq al-Muzakkī > ʿAbdullāh b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb > Jaʿfar b. ʿAwn > Saʿīd b. ʿUbayd al-Ṭāʾī > ʿAlī b. Rabīʿah > Atayt

[Machine] I came to Ali and said, "Indeed, I am more steadfast and courageous than my cousin. If you see fit, would you replace him with me?" He said, "Oh nephew, the insight of an elder is better than the spectacle of a youth."  

البيهقي:٢٠٣٣٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ الْمُزَكِّي أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ أنبأ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عَوْنٍ أنبأ سَعِيدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الطَّائِيُّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ قَالَ

أَتَيْتُ عَلِيًّا ؓ فَقُلْتُ إِنِّي أَثْبَتُ مِنْ عَمِّي وَأَجْرَأُ فَإِنْ رَأَيْتَ أَنْ تَجْعَلَنِي مَكَانَهُ قَالَ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي إِنَّ رَأْيَ الشَّيْخِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ مَشْهَدِ الْغُلَامِ