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bayhaqi:21494 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Yaḥyá b. Abū Ṭālib > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Ashʿath b. Sawwār > al-Shaʿbī > Kān ʿUmar

[Machine] "And I consider him to be Abdullah's son, but they say loyalty belongs to the oldest. He means by the oldest, the closest to a father."  

البيهقي:٢١٤٩٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ أنبأ يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أنبأ أَشْعَثُ بْنُ سَوَّارٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ قَالَ كَانَ عُمَرُ وَعَلِيٌّ وَزَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ ؓ قَالَ

وَأَحْسِبُهُ ذَكَرَ عَبْدَ اللهِ ؓ يَقُولُونَ الْوَلَاءُ لِلْأَكْبَرِ قَالَ يَعْنِي بِالْأَكْبَرِ أَقْرَبَهُمْ بِأَبٍ  

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darimi:3065 – Yazīd b. Hārūn > Ashʿath > al-Shaʿbī > ʿUmar And ʿAlī Wazayd

[Machine] "And I think he mentioned that Abdullah also said that they said, 'Loyalty belongs to the elders,' meaning that loyalty is closer to a father or mother."  

الدارمي:٣٠٦٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ حَدَّثَنَا أَشْعَثُ عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ عُمَرَ وَعَلِيٍّ وَزَيْدٍ قَالَ

وَأَحْسَبُهُ قَدْ ذَكَرَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ أَيْضًا أَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا «الْوَلَاءُ لِلْكُبْرِ» يَعْنُونَ بِالْكُبْرِ مَا كَانَ أَقْرَبَ بِأَبٍ أَوْ أُمٍّ