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tabarani:141 – ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Abū Muʿāwiyah > Muḥammad b. Bishr > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Khālid > Ḥakīm b. Jābir > ʿAbdullāh > Ḥīn Būyiʿ Liʿuthmān Mā Alawnā

[Machine] I heard Abdullah saying when Uthman was appointed, "What color prevented us from reaching our highest position?"  

الطبراني:١٤١ – حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ بِشْرٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ يَقُولُ حِينَ بُويِعَ لِعُثْمَانَ مَا أَلَوْنَا عَنْ أَعْلَاهَا ذَا فَوْقٍ