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"لَيلَةَ أُسْرِى بِي أتَيتُ عَلَى رَبِّى ﷻ فَأوْحَى إِلَيَّ في عَلِيِّ بِثَلاثٍ: أَنَّهُ سَيِّدُ المُسْلِمِينَ، وَوَليُّ المُتَّقِينَ، وَقَائِدُ الغرِّ المُحَجَّلِينَ".  

ابن النجار عن عبد الله بن أسعد بن زرارة

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hakim:4668 – Abū Bakr b. Isḥāq > Muḥammad b. Ayyūb > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥuṣayn al-ʿUqaylī > Yaḥyá b. al-ʿAlāʾ al-Rāzī > Hilāl b. Abū Ḥumayd > ʿAbdullāh b. Asʿad b. Zurārah from his father

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: It has been revealed to me regarding Ali three things, that he is the leader of the Muslims, the Imam of the righteous, and the commander of the brave warriors.  

الحاكم:٤٦٦٨ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ أَنْبَأَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ أَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحُصَيْنِ الْعُقَيْلِيُّ أَنْبَأَ يَحْيَى بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ الرَّازِيُّ ثنا هِلَالُ بْنُ أَبِي حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَسْعَدَ بْنِ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ فِي عَلِيٍّ ثَلَاثٍ أَنَّهُ سَيِّدُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَإِمَامُ الْمُتَّقِينَ وَقَائِدُ الْغُرِّ الْمُحَجَّلِينَ  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ» أحسبه موضوعا