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nasai-kubra:8353 – al-ʿAbbās b. ʿAbd al-ʿAẓīm al-ʿAnbarī > ʿUmar b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb > Muʿtamir b. Sulaymān from his father > Manṣūr > Ribʿī > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

[Machine] "That the Prophet ﷺ said, 'I will surely give the flag to a man whom Allah and His Messenger love.' Or he said, 'Whom Allah and His Messenger love.' So he called Ali, while he was suffering from an eye infection, and Allah opened for him on his hands."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٣٥٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَظِيمِ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ رِبْعِيٍّ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَينٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَأُعْطِيَنَّ الرَّايَةَ رَجُلًا يُحِبُّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ» أَوْ قَالَ «يُحِبُّهُ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ» فَدَعَا عَلِيًّا وَهُوَ أَرْمَدُ فَفَتَحَ اللهُ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ  

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Collected by Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá

أَبُو فَرْوَةُ مُسْلِمُ بْنُ سَالِمٍ الْجُهَنِيُّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى

tabarani:6421 – ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Ḍirār b. Ṣurad Abū Nuʿaym > ʿAlī b. Hishām > ʿAbd al-Malik b. Abū Sulaymān > Abū Farwah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá from his father

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, may ﷺ , said, "I will give the flag to a man who loves Allah and His Messenger, and whom Allah and His Messenger love." So, he called Ali and gave it to him.  

الطبراني:٦٤٢١ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا ضِرَارُ بْنُ صُرَدَ أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ هِشَامٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَبِي سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي فَرْوَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَأُعْطِيَنَّ الرَّايَةَ رَجُلًا يُحِبُّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَيُحِبُّهُ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ» فَدَعَا عَلِيًّا فَأَعْطَاهُ إِيَّاهَا  

nasai-kubra:8094 – al-ʿAbbās b. ʿAbd al-ʿAẓīm > ʿUmar b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb > Muʿtamir b. Sulaymān from his father > Manṣūr > Ribʿī > ʿImrān b. Ḥaṣīn

[Machine] "The Prophet ﷺ said, 'I will give the flag to a man who loves Allah and His Messenger, or Allah and His Messenger love him.' So, he called for Ali while he was blind in both eyes, and Allah opened his eyes."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٠٩٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَظِيمِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ رِبْعِيٍّ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حَصِينٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لَأُعْطِيَنَّ الرَّايَةَ رَجُلًا يُحِبُّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ أَوْ قَالَ «يُحِبُّهُ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ» فَدَعَا عَلِيًّا وَهُوَ أَرْمَدُ فَفَتَحَ اللهُ عَلَى يَعْنِي يَدَيْهِ