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السيوطي:٥٣٩٠a –

"إِن الإِسْلامَ بَدأ جَذَعًا، ثُمَّ ثَنِيا ثُمَّ رَبَاعِيًّا، ثُمَّ سَدِيسًا، ثُمَّ بَازِلًا".  

[حم] أحمد عن رجل

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ahmad:20528 – Rawḥ > ʿAwf > ʿAlqamah b. ʿAbdullāh al-Muzanī > a man

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying: "Indeed, Islam started as something strange, then it became something followed by few, then it became a group, then a sect, then a nation. He (the Prophet) said: then 'Ubaidullah said: What comes after 'Buzul' (sect)? He (the Prophet) replied: Nothing but loss."  

أحمد:٢٠٥٢٨ – حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَوْفٌ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْمُزَنِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي رَجُلٌ قَالَ كُنْتُ فِي مَجْلِسٍ فِيهِ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ لِرَجُلٍ مِنْ جُلَسَائِهِ كَيْفَ

سَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ؟ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ الْإِسْلَامَ بَدَأَ جَذَعًا ثُمَّ ثَنِيًّا ثُمَّ رَبَاعِيًا ثُمَّ سَدِيسًا ثُمَّ بَازِلًا قَالَ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ فَمَا بَعْدَ الْبُزُولِ إِلَّا النُّقْصَانُ