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suyuti:4-406b – ʿAli > In Allāh
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السيوطي:٤-٤٠٦b –

"عن عَلِىٍّ قال: إِنَّ الله سَمَّى الْحَرْبَ خَدْعَةً عَلَى لِسَانِ نَبِيِّه ﷺ ".

[ط] الطيالسي [حم] أحمد [ع] أبو يعلى وابن جرير، والدورقى

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ahmad:1034 – ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > Abū Isḥāq > Saʿīd b. Dhī Ḥuddān > Man > ʿAlī

Someone who heard ‘Ali ؓ told me that he said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ called war deceit.

أحمد:١٠٣٤ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ ذِي حُدَّانَ حَدَّثَنِي مَنْ

سَمِعَ عَلِيًّا يَقُولُ سَمَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْحَرْبَ خَدْعَةً

ahmad:697 – ʿAbdullāh > Abū And ʿUbayd Allāh b. ʿUmar al-Qawārīrī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Sufyān > Abū Isḥāq > Saʿīd b. Dhī Ḥuddān > Man > ʿAlī

I was told by someone who heard ʿAli say: War is deceit, on the lips of your Prophet ﷺ .

أحمد:٦٩٧ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي وَعُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْقَوَارِيرِيُّ قَالا حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ ذِي حُدَّانَ حَدَّثَنِي مَنْ

سَمِعَ عَلِيًّا يَقُولُ الْحَرْبُ خَدْعَةٌ عَلَى لِسَانِ نَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ