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tabarani:15747 – Sahl b. Mūsá Shīrān al-Rāmahurmuzī > Aḥmad b. ʿAbdah al-Ḍabbī > al-Ḥasan b. Ṣāliḥ al-Aswad > Sulaymān b. Qarm > Manṣūr > Ribʿī b. Ḥirāsh > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I will give the flag tomorrow to a man who loves Allah and His Messenger, and whom Allah and His Messenger love." Then he called Ali and gave it to him.  

الطبراني:١٥٧٤٧ – حَدَّثَنَا سَهْلُ بْنُ مُوسَى شِيرَانُ الرَّامَهُرْمُزِيُّ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ الضَّبِّيُّ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ الْأَسْوَدُ ثنا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ قَرْمٍ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ رِبْعِيِّ بْنِ حِرَاشٍ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَأُعْطِيَنَّ الرَّايَةَ غَدًا رَجُلًا يُحِبُّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَيُحِبُّهُ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ» ثُمَّ دَعَا عَلِيًّا ؓ فَأَعْطَاهَا إِيَّاهُ  

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tabarani:6233 – [Chain 1] ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Abū Ḥudhayfah [Chain 2] Abū Khalīfah > Abū al-Walīd al-Ṭayālisī > ʿIkrimah b. ʿAmmār > Iyās b. Salamah from his father

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said on the day of Khaybar, "I will give the flag today to a man who loves Allah and His Messenger and whom Allah and His Messenger love." He then sent me to Ali, and he was suffering from an eye ailment. So I took hold of him and applied saliva to his eye, and he was healed. He then gave him the flag.  

الطبراني:٦٢٣٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا أَبُو حُذَيْفَةَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ ثنا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ قَالَا ثنا عِكْرِمَةُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ ثنا إِيَاسُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ «لَأُعْطِيَنَّ الرَّايَةَ الْيَوْمَ رَجُلًا يُحِبُّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَيُحِبُّهُ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ» قَالَ فَبَعَثَنِي إِلَى عَلِيٍّ وَهُوَ أَرْمَدُ فَجِئْتُ بِهِ أَقُودُهُ فَتَفَلَ فِي عَيْنَهِ فَبَرَأَ وَأَعْطَاهُ الرَّايَةَ  

أَبُو فَرْوَةُ مُسْلِمُ بْنُ سَالِمٍ الْجُهَنِيُّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى

tabarani:6421 – ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Ḍirār b. Ṣurad Abū Nuʿaym > ʿAlī b. Hishām > ʿAbd al-Malik b. Abū Sulaymān > Abū Farwah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá from his father

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, may ﷺ , said, "I will give the flag to a man who loves Allah and His Messenger, and whom Allah and His Messenger love." So, he called Ali and gave it to him.  

الطبراني:٦٤٢١ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا ضِرَارُ بْنُ صُرَدَ أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ هِشَامٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَبِي سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي فَرْوَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَأُعْطِيَنَّ الرَّايَةَ رَجُلًا يُحِبُّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَيُحِبُّهُ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ» فَدَعَا عَلِيًّا فَأَعْطَاهُ إِيَّاهَا