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hakim:7717Abū Bakr b. Isḥāq > Muḥammad b. Shādhān al-Jawharī > Muʿallá b. Manṣūr > Hushaym > Manṣūr b. Zādhān > Ibn Sīrīn > Ibn al-ʿAlāʾ b. al-Ḥaḍramī from his father > Katab

Al-Ala b. al-Hadrami wrote to the prophet (May peace be upon him), and he began with his name. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 5135)   

الحاكم:٧٧١٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ أَنْبَأَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ شَاذَانَ الْجَوْهَرِيُّ ثَنَا مُعَلَّى بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ أَنْبَأَ مَنْصُورُ بْنُ زَاذَانَ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنِ ابْنِ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

«أَنَّهُ كَتَبَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَبَدَأَ بِنَفْسِهِ»  

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

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Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Ḥākim, Ṭabarānī
abudawud:5135Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥīm > al-Muʿallá b. Manṣūr > Hushaym > Manṣūr > Ibn Sīrīn > Ibn al-ʿAlāʾ > al-ʿAlāʾ / Ibn al-Ḥaḍramī

Al-Ala b. al-Hadrami wrote to the prophet (May peace be upon him), and he began with his name.  

أبو داود:٥١٣٥حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُعَلَّى بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ أَخْبَرَنَا هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنِ ابْنِ الْعَلاَءِ عَنِ الْعَلاَءِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ

أَنَّهُ كَتَبَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَبَدَأَ بِاسْمِهِ  

ahmad:18986Hushaym > Manṣūr > Ibn Sīrīn > Ibn al-ʿAlāʾ b. al-Ḥaḍramī from my father > Bih Hushaym Marratayn Marrah > Ibn al-ʿAlāʾ And Marrah Lam Yaṣil

[Machine] That his father wrote to the Prophet ﷺ and began with himself.  

أحمد:١٨٩٨٦حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ حَدَّثَنَا مَنْصُورٌ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنِ ابْنِ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ قَالَ أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا بِهِ هُشَيْمٌ مَرَّتَيْنِ مَرَّةً عَنْ ابْنِ الْعَلَاءِ وَمَرَّةً لَمْ يَصِلْ

أَنَّ أَبَاهُ كَتَبَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَبَدَأَ بِنَفْسِهِ  

hakim:6679ʿAlī b. Ḥamshādh > Muḥammad b. Shādhān al-Jawharī > Muʿallá b. Manṣūr > Hushaym > Manṣūr b. Zādhān > Muḥammad b. Sīrīn > Ibn al-ʿAlāʾ b. al-Ḥaḍramī from his father

[Machine] "He wrote to the Prophet ﷺ and began with himself," Al-Dhahabi remained silent about it in his summary.  

الحاكم:٦٦٧٩حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حَمْشَاذٍ ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ شَاذَانَ الْجَوْهَرِيُّ ثَنَا مُعَلَّى بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ زَاذَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنِ ابْنِ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

«أَنَّهُ كَتَبَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَبَدَأَ بِنَفْسِهِ» سكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص  

وَمَا أَسْنَدَ الْعَلَاءُ بْنُ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ

tabarani:15326ʿAbdullāh b. Nājiyah > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥīm Abū Yaḥyá > Muʿallá b. Manṣūr > Hushaym > Manṣūr b. Zādān > Muḥammad b. Sīrīn > Abū al-ʿAlāʾ al-Ḥaḍramī from his father

[Machine] "He wrote to the Prophet ﷺ beginning with himself."  

الطبراني:١٥٣٢٦حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ نَاجِيَةَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ أَبُو يَحْيَى ثنا مُعَلَّى بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ثنا هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ زَادَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَلَاءِ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّهُ «كَتَبَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَبَدَأَ بِنَفْسِهِ»  

tabarani:15313Muḥammad b. ʿAbdūs b. Kāmil al-Sirāj > ʿAlī b. al-Jaʿd > Shuʿbah > Manṣūr b. Zādān > Muḥammad b. Sīrīn

[Machine] That Al-Ala ibn Al-Hadrami wrote to the Prophet (PBUH) and began with himself.  

الطبراني:١٥٣١٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدُوسِ بْنِ كَامِلٍ السِّرَاجُ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْجَعْدِ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ زَادَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ

«أَنَّ الْعَلَاءَ بْنَ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ كَتَبَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَبَدَأَ بِنَفْسِهِ»