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suyuti:4-35bʿAli
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السيوطي:٤-٣٥b

"عَنْ عَلِىٍّ! لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنَا يَوْمَ بَدْر، وَنَحْنُ نَلُوذُ بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ أقْرَبُنَا إِلَى العَدُوِّ، وَكَانَ مِنْ أشَدِّ النَّاسِ يَوْمَئِذٍ بَأسًا ".  

[ش] ابن أبى شيبة [حم] أحمد [ع] أبو يعلى وابن جرير وصححه، [ق] البيهقى في السنن في الدلائل

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ahmad:654Wakīʿ > Isrāʾīl > Abū Isḥāq > Ḥārithah b. Muḍarrib > ʿAlī

I remember the day of Badr, when we were seeking shelter with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he was the closest of us to the enemy and the most courageous of the people on that day  

أحمد:٦٥٤حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ حَارِثَةَ بْنِ مُضَرِّبٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ

لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنَا يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ وَنَحْنُ نَلُوذُ بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ أَقْرَبُنَا إِلَى الْعَدُوِّ وَكَانَ مِنْ أَشَدِّ النَّاسِ يَوْمَئِذٍ بَأْسًا