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tabarani:15749al-Ḥasan b. al-ʿAbbās al-Rāzī > Muḥammad b. Ḥumayd > Hārūn b. al-Mughīrah > ʿAmr b. Abū Qays > Manṣūr > Ribʿī > ʿImrān

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

الطبراني:١٥٧٤٩حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ الرَّازِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ ثنا هَارُونُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ أَبِي قَيْسٍ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ رِبْعِيٍّ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَأُعْطِيَنَّ الرَّايَةَ غَدًا رَجُلًا يُحِبُّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَيُحِبُّهُ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ» فَأَعْطَاهَا عَلِيًّا  


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

tabarani:6421ʿAlī 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:٦٤٢١حَدَّثَنَا 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