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suyuti:4-2337bAbiá al-Bakhtari
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السيوطي:٤-٢٣٣٧b

"عَنْ أَبِى الْبَخْتَرِىَّ: أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى عَلِيًّا فَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ وَكَانَ قَدْ بَلَغَهُ عَنْهُ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ شَئٌ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِىٌّ: لَيْسَ كَمَا تَقُولُ وَأَنَا فَوْقَ مَا فِى نَفْسِكَ".  

ابن أبى الدنيا في الصمت، [كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه