[Machine] It was said to Quthamah ibn al-Abbas, "How did Ali inherit the Messenger of Allah ﷺ instead of al-Abbas?" He replied, "Because he was the foremost among us in knowledge and the most intense among us in taste."
قِيلَ لِقُثَمَ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ كَيْفَ وَرِثَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَلِيٌّ دُونَ الْعَبَّاسِ؟ قَالَ «لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ أَوَّلَنَا بِهِ لُحُوقًا وَأَشَدَّنَا بِهِ لُزُوقًا»