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السيوطي:١٧٣a

"ابْنُ سُمَيَّةَ ما عُرضَ عليه أَمْرانِ قَطُّ إِلَّا أخذ بالأَرْشَدِ".  

[حم] أحمد [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك (برجال الصحيح) عن ابن مسعود - (وفى رواية إلا اختار الأرشد منهما)

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ahmad:3693Wakīʿ > Sufyān > ʿAmmār b. Muʿāwiyah al-Duhnī > Sālim b. Abū al-Jaʿd al-Ashjaʿī > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

'The Messenger of Allah said: ''Ammar- no two things were shown to him but he chose the better of the two.'' (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 148)   

أحمد:٣٦٩٣حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ الدُّهْنِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ الْأَشْجَعِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ابْنُ سُمَيَّةَ مَا عُرِضَ عَلَيْهِ أَمْرَانِ قَطُّ إِلَّا اخْتَارَ الْأَرْشَدَ مِنْهُمَا  

ahmad:4249Wakīʿ > Sufyān > ʿAmmār b. Muʿāwiyah al-Duhnī > Sālim b. Abū al-Jaʿd al-Ashjaʿī > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

'The Messenger of Allah said: ''Ammar- no two things were shown to him but he chose the better of the two.'' (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 148)   

أحمد:٤٢٤٩حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ الدُّهْنِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ الْأَشْجَعِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ابْنُ سُمَيَّةَ مَا عُرِضَ عَلَيْهِ أَمْرَانِ قَطُّ إِلَّا اخْتَارَ الْأَرْشَدَ مِنْهُمَا