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hakim:6466Abū ʿUmar Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Wāḥid al-Zāhid > Muḥammad b. Abū Shaybah > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar > Yūnus b. Arqam > Hārūn b. Saʿd > Zayd b. al-Ḥusayn from his father from his grandfather

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out of a house with his uncles Abbas, Hamza, Ali, Ja'far, and Uqail. They were working in a land. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to his uncles, "Choose from among them." One of them said, "I choose Ja'far," and the other said, "I choose Ali." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "You both have made a good choice, so I choose Ali."  

الحاكم:٦٤٦٦حَدَّثَنَاهُ أَبُو عُمَرَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَاحِدِ الزَّاهِدُ ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ ثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ أَرْقَمَ ثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

أَشْرَفَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ بَيْتٍ وَمَعَهُ عَمَّاهُ الْعَبَّاسُ وَحَمْزَةُ وَعَلِيٌّ وَجَعْفَرٌ وَعُقَيْلٌ هُمْ فِي أَرْضٍ يَعْمَلُونَ فِيهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِعَمَّيْهِ «اخْتَارَا مِنْ هَؤُلَاءِ؟» فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا اخْتَرْتُ جَعْفَرًا وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ اخْتَرْتُ عَلِيًّا فَقَالَ «خَيَّرْتُكُمَا فَاخْتَرْتُمَا فَاخْتَارَ اللَّهُ لِي عَلِيًّا»