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tabarani:15313 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdūs b. Kāmil al-Sirāj > ʿAlī b. al-Jaʿd > Shuʿbah > Manṣūr b. Zādān > Muḥammad b. Sīrīn

[Machine] That Al-Ala ibn Al-Hadrami wrote to the Prophet (PBUH) and began with himself.  

الطبراني:١٥٣١٣ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدُوسِ بْنِ كَامِلٍ السِّرَاجُ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْجَعْدِ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ زَادَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ

«أَنَّ الْعَلَاءَ بْنَ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ كَتَبَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَبَدَأَ بِنَفْسِهِ»  

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Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Ḥākim, Bayhaqī
abudawud:5134 – Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > Hushaym > Manṣūr > Ibn Sīrīn > Aḥmad > Marrah / Hushaym > Baʿḍ And Lad al-ʿAlāʾ

Some of the children of al-Ala' ibn al-Hadrami said: Al-Ala' ibn al-Hadrami was the governor of the Prophet ﷺ at al-Bahrayn, and when he wrote to him he began with his won name.  

أبو داود:٥١٣٤ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ قَالَ أَحْمَدُ قَالَ مَرَّةً يَعْنِي هُشَيْمًا عَنْ بَعْضِ وَلَدِ الْعَلاَءِ

أَنَّ الْعَلاَءَ بْنَ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ كَانَ عَامِلَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ عَلَى الْبَحْرَيْنِ فَكَانَ إِذَا كَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ بَدَأَ بِنَفْسِهِ  

ahmad:18986 – Hushaym > Manṣūr > Ibn Sīrīn > Ibn al-ʿAlāʾ b. al-Ḥaḍramī from my father > Bih Hushaym Marratayn Marrah > Ibn al-ʿAlāʾ And Marrah Lam Yaṣil

[Machine] That his father wrote to the Prophet ﷺ and began with himself.  

أحمد:١٨٩٨٦ – حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ حَدَّثَنَا مَنْصُورٌ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنِ ابْنِ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ قَالَ أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا بِهِ هُشَيْمٌ مَرَّتَيْنِ مَرَّةً عَنْ ابْنِ الْعَلَاءِ وَمَرَّةً لَمْ يَصِلْ

أَنَّ أَبَاهُ كَتَبَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَبَدَأَ بِنَفْسِهِ  

hakim:7717 – Abū Bakr b. Isḥāq > Muḥammad b. Shādhān al-Jawharī > Muʿallá b. Manṣūr > Hushaym > Manṣūr b. Zādhān > Ibn Sīrīn > Ibn al-ʿAlāʾ b. al-Ḥaḍramī from his father > Katab

Al-Ala b. al-Hadrami wrote to the prophet (May peace be upon him), and he began with his name. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 5135)   

الحاكم:٧٧١٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ أَنْبَأَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ شَاذَانَ الْجَوْهَرِيُّ ثَنَا مُعَلَّى بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ أَنْبَأَ مَنْصُورُ بْنُ زَاذَانَ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنِ ابْنِ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

«أَنَّهُ كَتَبَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَبَدَأَ بِنَفْسِهِ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ على شرط البخاري ومسلم
bayhaqi:20421 – Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Muḥammad b. Bakr > Abū Dāwud > Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > Hushaym > Manṣūr > Ibn Sīrīn > Aḥmad > Marrah > Baʿḍ And Lad al-ʿAlāʾ

Some of the children of al-Ala' ibn al-Hadrami said: Al-Ala' ibn al-Hadrami was the governor of the Prophet ﷺ at al-Bahrayn, and when he wrote to him he began with his won name. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 5134)   

البيهقي:٢٠٤٢١ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ ثنا هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عنِ ابنِ سِيرِينَ قَالَ أَحْمَدُ قَالَ مَرَّةً عَنْ بَعْضِ وَلَدِ الْعَلَاءِ

أَنَّ الْعَلَاءَ بْنَ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ ؓ كَانَ عَامِلَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ عَلَى الْبَحْرَيْنِ كَانَ إِذَا كَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ بَدَأَ بِنَفْسِهِ