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tabarani:15342ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal from my father

[Machine] Sufyan ibn Uyaynah said, "Basra has never witnessed anyone like Imran ibn Husain."  

الطبراني:١٥٣٤٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي قَالَ قَالَ

سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ «مَا سَكَنَ الْبَصْرَةَ مِثْلُ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ»