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hakim:4581Abū Isḥāq al-Muzakkī And ʾAbū al-Ḥusayn al-Ḥāfiẓ

[Machine] "Ali converted to Islam when he was either ten years old or sixteen years old. This chain of narration is more reliable than the previous one, and I have mentioned it because it was overlooked by Al-Dhahabi in his summarization."  

الحاكم:٤٥٨١أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ الْمُزَكِّي وَأَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ الْحَافِظُ قَالَا ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الثَّقَفِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَنْبَأَ مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ

«أَسْلَمَ عَلِيٌّ وَهُوَ ابْنُ عَشْرٍ أَوِ ابْنُ سِتَّ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً» هَذَا الْإِسْنَادُ أَوْلَى مِنَ الْأَوَّلِ وَإِنَّمَا قَدَّمْتُ ذَلِكَ لِأَنِّي عَلَوْتُ فِيهِ سكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص