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ذِكْرُ الْعِلَّةِ الَّتِي مِنْ أَجْلِهَا، قَالَ ﷺ هَذَا الْقَوْلَ

ibnhibban:6644ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Mūsá ʿAbdān Biʿaskar Mukram > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr > Abū Rabīʿah > Abū ʿAwānah > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Saʿīd or Abū Hurayrah > Baʿath Rasūl Allāh

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent Abu Bakr. When Abu Bakr arrived at Dajnan, he heard the sound of a camel named Bugham belonging to Ali. He recognized the camel and approached Ali, asking him, "What is the matter with me?" Ali replied, "It is good. Indeed, the Prophet ﷺ sent me with a letter of innocence." When we returned, Abu Bakr set off and said, "O Messenger of Allah, what is my matter?" The Prophet replied, "You are my companion in the cave, except that the divine revelation does not come to anyone except me or a man from me, meaning Ali."  

ابن حبّان:٦٦٤٤أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُوسَى عَبْدَانُ بِعَسْكَرِ مُكْرَمٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو رَبِيعَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ أَوْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

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