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hakim:4621Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Shaybānī Bi-al-Kūfah from Aṣl Kitābih > Aḥmad b. Ḥāzim b. Abū Gharazah > Abū Ghassān > ʿAbd al-Salām b. Ḥarb > al-Aʿmash > Ismāʿīl b. Rajāʾ from his father > Abū Saʿīd > Ibn Abū Gharazah > ʿUbaydullāh b. Mūsá > Fiṭr b. Khalīfah > Ismāʿīl b. Rajāʾ from his father > Abū Saʿīd

[Machine] We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when his sandal broke, so Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) stayed behind to fix it. He walked a little and then said, "There are among you those who fight for the interpretation of the Quran as I fought for its revelation." The people eagerly asked who it was, including Abu Bakr and Umar. Abu Bakr said, "It is me." The Prophet ﷺ said, "No." Umar said, "It is me." The Prophet ﷺ said, "No, but it is the one who is fixing the sandal," referring to Ali. We went to him and gave him the glad tidings, but he did not raise his head, as if he had heard it from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ .  

الحاكم:٤٦٢١أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ بِالْكُوفَةِ مِنْ أَصْلِ كِتَابِهِ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَازِمِ بْنِ أَبِي غَرَزَةَ ثنا أَبُو غَسَّانَ ثنا عَبْدُ السَّلَامِ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ثنا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ رَجَاءَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي غَرَزَةَ وَحَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا فِطْرُ بْنُ خَلِيفَةَ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ رَجَاءٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ قَالَ

كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَانْقَطَعَتْ نَعْلُهُ فَتَخَلَّفَ عَلِيٌّ يَخْصِفُهَا فَمَشَى قَلِيلًا ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِنَّ مِنْكُمْ مَنْ يُقَاتِلُ عَلَى تَأْوِيلِ الْقُرْآنِ كَمَا قَاتَلْتُ عَلَى تَنْزِيلِهِ» فَاسْتَشْرَفَ لَهَا الْقَوْمُ وَفِيهِمْ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَنَا هُوَ قَالَ «لَا» قَالَ عُمَرُ أَنَا هُوَ قَالَ «لَا وَلَكِنْ خَاصِفُ النَّعْلِ» يَعْنِي عَلِيًّا فَأَتَيْنَاهُ فَبَشَّرْنَاهُ فَلَمْ يَرْفَعْ بِهِ رَأْسَهُ كَأَنَّهُ قَدْ كَانَ سَمِعَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ» على شرط البخاري ومسلم

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Collected by Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān
ahmad:11773Ḥusayn b. Muḥammad > Fiṭr > Ismāʿīl b. Rajāʾ al-Zubaydī > Abīh Qālasamiʿt Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

[Machine] Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri said: "We used to sit waiting for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he came out to us from one of his wives' homes. He stood with us, and his shoe lace broke, so Ali stayed to mend it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ continued on and we went with him. Then he stood waiting for Ali, and we stood with him. He said, 'Indeed, among you there are those who will fight for the interpretation of this Quran as I fought for its revelation.' Abu Bakr and Umar were with us, and he said, 'Not even him, rather he is just mending the shoe lace.' Then we came to give him the good news (about Ali mending the shoe lace) and it seemed like he had already heard it."  

أحمد:١١٧٧٣حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا فِطْرٌ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ رَجَاءٍ الزُّبَيْدِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

قَالَسَمِعْتُ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ يَقُولُ كُنَّا جُلُوسًا نَنْتَظِرُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَخَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا مِنْ بَعْضِ بُيُوتِ نِسَائِهِ قَالَ فَقُمْنَا مَعَهُ فَانْقَطَعَتْ نَعْلُهُ فَتَخَلَّفَ عَلَيْهَا عَلِيٌّ يَخْصِفُهَا فَمَضَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَمَضَيْنَا مَعَهُ ثُمَّ قَامَ يَنْتَظِرُهُ وَقُمْنَا مَعَهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّ مِنْكُمْ مَنْ يُقَاتِلُ عَلَى تَأْوِيلِ هَذَا الْقُرْآنِ كَمَا قَاتَلْتُ عَلَى تَنْزِيلِهِ فَاسْتَشْرَفْنَا وَفِينَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ فَقَالَ لَا وَلَكِنَّهُ خَاصِفُ النَّعْلِ قَالَ فَجِئْنَا نُبَشِّرُهُ قَالَ وَكَأَنَّهُ قَدْ سَمِعَهُ  

ذِكْرُ قِتَالِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ عَلَى تَأْوِيلِ الْقُرْآنِ كَقِتَالِ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ عَلَى تَنْزِيلِهِ

ibnhibban:6937Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. al-Muthanná > ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Jarīr > al-Aʿmash > Ismāʿīl b. Rajāʾ from his father > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Indeed, among you there will be those who fight for the interpretation of the Quran, just as I fought for its revelation." Abu Bakr asked, "Am I the one, O Messenger of Allah?" He replied, "No." Umar asked, "Am I the one, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "No, but you are the companion of the sandals." Ali asked, "Was it me, O Messenger of Allah?" He replied, "No, but you are the one who will repair them."  

ابن حبّان:٦٩٣٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ رَجَاءٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ مِنْكُمْ مَنْ يُقَاتِلُ عَلَى تَأْوِيلِ الْقُرْآنِ كَمَا قَاتَلْتُ عَلَى تَنْزِيلِهِ» قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَنَا هُوَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «لَا» قَالَ عُمَرُ أَنَا هُوَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «لَا وَلَكِنْ خَاصِفُ النَّعْلِ» قَالَ وَكَانَ أَعْطَى عَلِيًّا نَعْلَهُ يَخْصِفُهُ