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ibnmajah:137 – ʿAlī b. Muḥammad > Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Abū Isḥāq > al-Ḥārith > ʿAlī

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'If I were to appoint anyone as my successor without consulting anyone, I would have appointed Ibn Umm 'Abd.'"  

ابن ماجة:١٣٧ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَوْ كُنْتُ مُسْتَخْلِفًا أَحَدًا عَنْ غَيْرِ مَشُورَةٍ لاَسْتَخْلَفْتُ ابْنَ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ  

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tirmidhi:3809 – Sufyān b. Wakīʿ from my father > Sufyān al-Thawrī > Abū Isḥāq > al-Ḥārith > ʿAlī

that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "If I was going to appoint anyone as a leader without any consultation, I would appoint Ibn Umm 'Abd."  

الترمذي:٣٨٠٩ – حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ وَكِيعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَوْ كُنْتُ مُؤَمِّرًا أَحَدًا مِنْ غَيْرِ مَشُورَةٍ لأَمَّرْتُ ابْنَ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ  

ahmad:739 – Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Abū Isḥāq > al-Ḥārith > ʿAlī

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “If I were to appoint anyone to a position of authority without consulting (the believers), I would have appointed Ibn Umm ʿAbd (ʿAbdullah bin Masʿood).ʿ  

أحمد:٧٣٩ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنِ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَوِ اسْتَخْلَفْتُ أَحَدًا عَنْ غَيْرِ مَشُورَةٍ لاسْتَخْلَفْتُ ابْنَ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ  

hakim:5389 – ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Ḥasan al-Qāḍī > Ibrāhīm b. al-Ḥusayn > al-Muʿāfá b. Sulaymān al-Ḥarrānī > al-Qāsim b. Maʿn > Manṣūr > Abū Isḥāq > ʿĀṣim b. Ḍamrah > ʿAlī

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “If I were to appoint anyone to a position of authority without consulting (the believers), I would have appointed Ibn Umm ʿAbd (ʿAbdullah bin Masʿood).ʿ (Using translation from Aḥmad 739)   

الحاكم:٥٣٨٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي ثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ثَنَا الْمُعَافَى بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الْحَرَّانِيُّ ثَنَا الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ مَعْنٍ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ ضَمْرَةَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَوْ كُنْتُ مُسْتَخْلِفًا أَحَدًا مِنْ غَيْرِ مَشُورَةٍ لَاسْتَخْلَفْتُ عَلَيْهِمُ ابْنَ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ عاصم بن ضمرة ضعيف
nasai-kubra:8210 – ʿAmr b. Yaḥyá b. al-Ḥārith > al-Muʿāfá > al-Qāsim / Ibn Maʿn > Manṣūr b. al-Muʿtamir > Abū Isḥāq > ʿĀṣim b. Ḍamrah > ʿAlī

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'If I were to appoint anyone as my successor without consulting anyone, I would have appointed Ibn Umm 'Abd.'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 137)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٢١٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنُ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُعَافَى قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا الْقَاسِمِ وَهُوَ ابْنُ مَعْنٍ عَنْ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ الْمُعْتَمِرِ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ ضَمْرَةَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَوْ كُنْتُ مُسْتَخْلِفًا أَحَدًا عَلَى أُمَّتِي مِنْ غَيْرِ مَشُورَةٍ لَاسْتَخْلَفْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ»