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tabarani:5808al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > Yaḥyá al-Ḥimmānī > Sulaymān b. Bilāl > Abū Ḥāzim > Sahl b. Saʿd > Samiʿtuh > In

[Machine] I heard him say, "If the most beloved names to Ali are Abu Turab, then he is happy to be called by it, and he was not given the name Abu Turab except by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he was angry with him one day." So he left and leaned against the wall, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came looking for him but did not find him in the house. He asked Fatimah, "Where is your cousin?" She said, "He went out angry." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered someone to look for him. The person said, "He is lying against the wall, with his garment removed from his back and covered in dust." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wiped the dust off his back and said, "Sit, O Abu Turab."  

الطبراني:٥٨٠٨حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى الْحِمَّانِيُّ ثنا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلَالٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ إِنْ كَانَتْ لَأَحَبَّ أَسْمَاءِ عَلِيٍّ ؓ إِلَيْهِ أَبُو تُرَابٍ وَإِنْ كَانَ لَيَفْرَحُ أَنْ يُدْعُوهُ بِهَا وَمَا سَمَّاهُ أَبَا تُرَابٍ إِلَّا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ غَاضَبَ يَوْمًا فَاطِمَةَ ؓا فَخَرَجَ فَاضْطَجَعَ إِلَى الْجِدَارِ فَجَاءَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَطْلُبُهُ فَلَمْ يَجِدْهُ فِي الْبَيْتِ فَقَالَ لِفَاطِمَةَ «أَيْنَ ابْنُ عَمِّكِ؟» قَالَتْ خَرَجَ آنِفًا مُغْضَبًا فَأَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنْسَانًا مَعَهُ يَطْلُبُهُ فَقَالَ مُضْطَجِعٌ فِي الْجِدَارِ وَقَدْ زَالَ رِدَاؤُهُ عَنْ ظَهْرِهِ وَامْتَلَأَ تُرَابًا فَجَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَمْسَحُ التُّرَابَ عَنْ ظَهْرِهِ وَيَقُولُ «اجْلِسْ يَا أَبَا تُرَابٍ»  


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bukhari:6204Khālid b. Makhlad > Sulaymān > Abū Ḥāzim > Sahl b. Saʿd > In

The most beloved names to ʿAli was Abu Turab, and he used to be pleased when we called him by it, for none named him Abu Turab (for the first time), but the Prophet. Once ʿAli got angry with (his wife) Fatima, and went out (of his house) and slept near a wall in the mosque. The Prophet ﷺ came searching for him, and someone said, "He is there, Lying near the wall." The Prophet ﷺ came to him while his (ʿAli's) back was covered with dust. The Prophet ﷺ started removing the dust from his back, saying, "Get up, O Abu Turab!"  

البخاري:٦٢٠٤حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو حَازِمٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ

إِنْ كَانَتْ أَحَبَّ أَسْمَاءِ عَلِيٍّ ؓ إِلَيْهِ لأَبُو تُرَابٍ وَإِنْ كَانَ لَيَفْرَحُ أَنْ يُدْعَى بِهَا وَمَا سَمَّاهُ أَبُو تُرَابٍ إِلاَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ غَاضَبَ يَوْمًا فَاطِمَةَ فَخَرَجَ فَاضْطَجَعَ إِلَى الْجِدَارِ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ فَجَاءَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَتْبَعُهُ فَقَالَ هُوَ ذَا مُضْطَجِعٌ فِي الْجِدَارِ فَجَاءَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَامْتَلأَ ظَهْرُهُ تُرَابًا فَجَعَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَمْسَحُ التُّرَابَ عَنْ ظَهْرِهِ يَقُولُ اجْلِسْ يَا أَبَا تُرَابٍ  

ذِكْرُ تَسْمِيَةِ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ عَلِيًّا أَبَا تُرَابٍ

ibnhibban:6925Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan b. Khalīl > Hishām b. ʿAmmār > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Abū Ḥāzim from his father > Sahl b. Saʿd > a man Jāʾah

[Machine] This is Fulan, a prince from the city, inviting you to insult Ali on the pulpit. He said, "What should I say?" He said, "You say to him, Abu Turab." Sahl laughed and said, "By Allah, no one called him Abu Turab except the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . Ali never had a name dearer to him than this." Ali entered upon Fatimah, then left and came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and Fatimah. He said, "Where is your cousin?" She said, "He is lying in the mosque." The Prophet ﷺ went out and found his cloak had fallen off his back. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ wiped the dust off his back and said, "Sit, Abu Turab." By Allah, no name was dearer to Ali than this name, only the Messenger of Allah ﷺ called him by this name.  

ابن حبّان:٦٩٢٥أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ خَلِيلٍ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ أَنَّ رَجُلًا جَاءَهُ فَقَالَ

هَذَا فُلَانٌ أَمِيرٌ مِنْ أُمَرَاءِ الْمَدِينَةِ يَدْعُوكَ لتَسُبَّ عَلِيًّا عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ قَالَ أَقُولُ مَاذَا؟ قَالَ تَقُولُ لَهُ أَبُو تُرَابٍ فَضَحِكَ سَهْلٌ فَقَالَ وَاللَّهِ مَا سَمَّاهُ إِيَّاهُ إِلَّا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا كَانَ لِعَلِيٍّ اسْمٌ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِنْهُ دَخَلَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَى فَاطِمَةَ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فَأَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَاطِمَةَ فَقَالَ «أَيْنَ ابْنُ عَمِّكِ؟ » قَالَتْ هُوَ ذَا مُضْطَجِعٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَخَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَوَجَدَ رِدَاءَهُ قَدْ سَقَطَ عَنْ ظَهْرِهِ فَجَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَمْسَحُ التُّرَابَ عَنْ ظَهْرِهِ وَيَقُولُ «اجْلِسْ أَبَا تُرَابٍ» وَاللَّهِ مَا كَانَ اسْمٌ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِنْهُ مَا سَمَّاهُ إِيَّاهُ إِلَّا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ