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nasai-kubra:5209 – Sūwayd b. Naṣr > ʿAbdullāh > Jarīr > Mughīrah > al-Shaʿbī

"Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, used to give the people thickened grape juice into which flies would fall and not be able to get out again." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 5718)

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٢٠٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ عَنْ جَرِيرٍ عَنْ مُغِيرَةَ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ قَالَ

«كَانَ عَلِيٌّ يَرْزُقُ النَّاسَ طِلَاءً يَقَعُ فِيهِ الذُّبَابُ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ مِنْهُ»

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nasai:5718 – Sūwayd > ʿAbdullāh > Jarīr > Mughīrah > al-Shaʿbī > Kān

"Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, used to give the people thickened grape juice into which flies would fall and not be able to get out again."

النسائي:٥٧١٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدٌ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ جَرِيرٍ عَنْ مُغِيرَةَ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ قَالَ

كَانَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ يَرْزُقُ النَّاسَ الطِّلاَءَ يَقَعُ فِيهِ الذُّبَابُ وَلاَ يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يُخْرَجَ مِنْهُ